Britax Recalls Strollers Due to Risk of Fingertip Amputations and Lacerations

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	NEWS from CPSC and HC
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 10, 2010 Release # 10-137

Firm's Recall Hotline: (888) 427-4829 CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772 CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908 HC Media Contact: (613) 957-2983

Britax Recalls Strollers Due to Risk of Fingertip Amputations and Lacerations
WASHINGTON, DC ?The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following products. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.
5 k! J% N3 i% t8 Y6 H# i9 SName of Product: Britax 揃link?Umbrella Strollers
3 y; P' [* E  u# i9 t* R2 `0 B% cUnits: About 14,000 in the United States and 900 in Canada
Importer: Britax Child Safety, Inc., of Charlotte, N.C.
. q4 ]* |% a9 e" i$ SHazard: The stroller抯 hinge mechanism poses a fingertip amputation and laceration hazard to the child when the consumer is unfolding/opening the stroller.
+ x+ x% P' Q# D, i" m' w: g( |Incidents/Injuries: None reported.
+ F% P  J3 K/ t& F$ G7 W3 M' eDescription: This recall involves all Britax 揃link?single umbrella strollers. 揃link?is printed on the metal frame on both sides of the stroller, below the hand grips. The recalled 揃link?strollers have model numbers U261813, U261814, U261815, U261816, U261817, U271813, U271817 and U271815 and were manufactured between May 2009 and September 2009. The model number and manufacturing date can be found on a white label on the stroller frame, near the bottom of the stroller basket.
Sold at: Buy Buy Baby and other juvenile product and mass merchandise retailers nationwide in the U.S. and Canada and on the Web at www.Amazon.com, www.babiesrus.com, www.Target.com and www.Diapers.com from July 2009 through February 2010 for about $150.
( z) F8 x$ o) Q. I, f) o7 dManufactured in: China
( Z* h" X5 s: l1 u- PRemedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled strollers and contact Britax to receive free stroller hinge covers.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Britax toll-free at (888) 427-4829 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or visit the firm抯 website at www.BlinkRecall.com
Note: Health Canada抯 press release is available at http://cpsr-rspc.hc-sc.gc.ca/PR-RP/recall-retrait-eng.jsp?re_id=971
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CPSC is still interested in receiving incident or injury reports that are either directly related to this product recall or involve a different hazard with the same product. Please tell us about it by visiting https://www.cpsc.gov/cgibin/incident.aspx
( u1 m0 k1 N" jThe U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from thousands of types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. The CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard. The CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters, and household chemicals - contributed significantly to the decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 30 years.
0 h! q1 x4 ^% b( j. O3 ~1 n! dTo report a dangerous product or a product-related injury, call CPSC's Hotline at (800) 638-2772 or CPSC's teletypewriter at (301) 595-7054. To join a CPSC e-mail subscription list, please go to https://www.cpsc.gov/cpsclist.aspx. Consumers can obtain recall and general safety information by logging on to CPSC's Web site at www.cpsc.gov.
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