Portable bed handles
Check against the official notice below — it lists the full affected range.
Bed Handles Inc. is recalling three models of adult portable bed handles—the Original Bedside Assistant (BA10W), the Travel Handles (BA11W), and the Adjustable Bedside Assistant (AJ1)—because they can shift out of place when used without safety retention straps, creating a dangerous gap between the handle and mattress that poses risks of entrapment, strangulation, and death. Three deaths have been reported. The recalled handles are L-shaped steel devices measuring 20 inches wide and 16 to 20 inches tall, with 3-foot poles that extend under the mattress; the BA10W and BA11W models are white, while the AJ1 is gold with a black cushioned foam handle.
Consumers who own any of these recalled models should stop using them immediately and contact Bed Handles Inc. to receive free safety retention straps, new assembly and installation instructions, and a warning label. The bed handles should only be used when the safety retention straps are securely attached to the bed frame to prevent gaps from forming.
Written by software from the official notice below. Not reviewed by a lawyer.
When attached to an adult's bed without the use of safety retention straps, the handle can shift out of place, creating a dangerous gap between the bed handle and the side of the mattress. This poses a serious risk of entrapment, strangulation and death.
Consumers should immediately stop using all recalled bed handles that were sold without safety retention straps. Contact Bed Handles Inc. for free safety retention straps to secure the bed handle to the bed frame, new assembly and installation instructions for models BA10W, BA11W and AJ1 and a warning label to attach to the bed handles. The bed handles should be used only with the safety retention straps securely in place attaching the bed handle to the bed frame in order to prevent a gap.
The recall involves adult portable bed handles that do not have safety retention straps to secure the bed handle to the bed frame to keep the bed handle from shifting out of place and creating a dangerous gap. Recalled models include the Original Bedside Assistant® (BA10W), the Travel Handles™ (BA11W) which is sold as a set of two bed handles, and the Adjustable Bedside Assistant® (AJ1). The L-shaped bed handles are made out of ¾ inch tubular steel, measure 20 inches wide, 16 to 20 inches tall and have 3 ft. poles that extend under the mattress. The Original Bedside Assistant® (BA10W) and the Travel Handles™ (BA11W) have a white handle with white poles that go under the mattress. The Adjustable Bedside Assistant® (AJ1) is gold in color and has a black cushioned foam handle. The bed handles are intended to assist adults with getting in and out of bed by giving them a bar to grip. Bed Handles Inc. and the model number are printed on a white label on the bed handles.
Official record: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission ↗
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