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Schwinn Bicycle Child Carrier Recall Due to Falling Hazard

Schwinn Bicycle Child Carrier Recall: Lawyer with Product Liability Experience
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Bicycle Child Carriers Recalled Due to Fall Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 4, 2006, CSPC Recall Announcement) - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

Name of Product: Schwinn Deluxe Bicycle Child Carriers

Units: About 14,000

Manufacturer: PTI Sports Inc., of Coral Gables, Fla.

Hazard: If the seat is not fully seated on the rack, the plastic guide tabs on the carrier can break. If these tabs break, it could cause the seat to fall off. This poses a risk of serious injury to a child seated in the carrier.

Incidents/Injuries: PTI Sports has received five reports of the bicycle child carriers falling, including three reports of minor injuries, such as bumps and scratches.

Description: The carrier is a seat for a child that is attached to the back of an adult bicycle. The carrier is gray plastic with a blue rubber back and seat pad, a gray head rest, and black straps. Model number SW571T is printed on the carrier’s packaging and in the owner’s manual. “PTI” is printed on a yellow warning sticker on the back of the carrier seat.

Sold at: Department stores, discount department stores, and military exchanges nationwide from September 2004 through November 2005 for about $50.

Manufactured In: China

http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml06/06159.html

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