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U.S. Consumer Product Safety CommissionRecalled 1988-07-13

Blazon-Flexible Flyer "Gym Sets" & "Horse Attachment" Retrofit

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Blazon-Flexible Flyer Horse Attachment gym sets

  • Brand Blazon-Flexible Flyer

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What happened

Blazon-Flexible Flyer, Inc. has announced a voluntary retrofit program for certain gym sets and horse attachments manufactured between November 4, 1986 and May 16, 1987. The products have a potential hazard where plastic tube end bearing brackets connecting the Teeter Totter, Lawn Swing, and Horse Attachment to the top support bar may break due to wear, causing the unit to fall while children are seated on it. Approximately 159,000 units were affected, and the company has received three reports of injury. The gym sets retailed for between $60 and $300.

Consumers who own gym sets with the affected model numbers (30002, 30012, 41000, 41001, 41121, 41122, 41129, 42021, 42112, 42131, 42132, 42139, 42334, 45131, 61221, 62231, 62431, 62439, 62541, 62624, 62631, 62739, 69231, 69233, 69432, 69461, 69541, 69567, 87538, or horse attachment model numbers 99597 and 9565) should call Blazon-Flexible Flyer, Inc. at their toll-free line 1-800-521-6233. The company will supply a retrofit kit and revised instructions to consumers free of charge.

Written by software from the official notice below. Not reviewed by a lawyer.

Hazard

Fall

Details from the source

Blazon-Flexible Flyer "Gym Sets" & "Horse Attachment" Retrofit NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 13, 1988 Release # 88-052 Retrofit Program Announced for Blazon-Flexible Flyer, Inc. "Gym Sets" And "Horse Attachment" WASHINGTON, DC - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Blazon-Flexible Flyer, Inc. of West Point, Mississippi, today announced a voluntary retrofit program involving certain model gym sets. The potential hazard involves breakage due to wear of plastic tube end bearing brackets connecting the Teeter Totter, Lawn Swing and Horse Attachment, to the top support bar of the Gym Set. Breakage of this connection may cause the unit to fall while children are seated on it. There were approximately 159,000 units manufactured from November 4, 1986 to May 16, 1987. The company has received three reports of injury associated with the product. The Gym Sets retail for between $60 and $300, and are identified by the following model numbers located on the main cross support. A diagram is attached for easy identification. Those model numbers are 30002, 30012, 41000, 41001, 41121, 41122, 41129, 42021, 42112, 42131, 42132, 42139, 42334, 45131, 61221, 62231, 62431, 62439, 62541, 62624, 62631, 62739, 69231, 69233, 69432, 69461, 69541, 69567, 87538, and horse attachment model numbers 99597, 9565 Manufactured from November 4, 1986 to May 16, 1987. Blazon-Flexible Flyer, Inc. has notified all retail customers of its revised production and the availability of the "fix kits" for consumers. Consumers who identify Gym Sets as being those involved in the corrective action may call Blazon-Flexible Flyer, Inc. direct on their toll-free line 1-800-521-6233. They will be supplied with a "retrofit kit" and revised instruction free of charge.

Source

Official record: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission ↗

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