CPSC, Kids Line Inc. Announce Recall to Repair "Le Cradle" Bassinets

Recalled August 23, 2000 · CPSC recall 00167 · Kids Line

Hazard

Infants can become entrapped in an opening between the bassinet's side and mattress platform and suffocate. Additionally, fabric can separate from the metal frame. Infants can be injured when they scrape against or become caught in the frame.

Remedy

Consumers should stop using the bassinets immediately and contact Kids Line for a free in-home repair kit, designed to secure the fabric around the bassinet, to prevent entrapments and exposure to the metal frame.

Units

About 46,000

Incidents / injuries

Kids Line has received one report of a 3-month-old boy in Oakland Park, Fla. who died when he suffocated after becoming trapped between the bassinet's side and mattress platform. Three other infants were scraped and bruised from contact with the metal frame that became exposed when the fabric separated from the frame.

Description

The recalled bassinets were sold under the name "Le Cradle Bassinette." The bassinet has a white metal base with wheels and a removable canopy. The oval bassinet itself is made up of a metal wire frame and a wooden base board that rests on the metal base. A sticker on the mattress platform gives instructions for use of the bassinet and says, "Le Cradle, Kids Line, Los Angeles, California." A fabric-covered foam mattress covers the wooden board. Matching fabric covers the bassinet frame, and comes in various colors and designs.

What to do

Contact

Consumers should call Kids Line toll-free at (866) LECRADL (532-7235) anytime.

Product

Le Cradle bassinets

Manufacturer(s)

Kids Line Inc., of Los Angeles, Calif.

Retailers

Children's products stores nationwide sold the bassinets, from January 1989 through May 2000, for between $100 and $200.

Source: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Official recall notice on cpsc.gov →