Recall/suffocation hazard: If you have these cushions, throw them out.
ulti...@hotmail.com
Also on the list:
Mothers Helper Cushions
Gold Bug Support Sacks
Cozy Cushions
Cozy Baby Pillows
Baby Minder Cushions
Baby Sak Pillows
(seen on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJrXB5GP2Iw )
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Information and Public Affairs
Washington, DC 20207
Firm is out of business. Do not use these products. Please discard or
destroy these products
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Originally issued April 19, 1990; Revised June 21, 2001
Release # 90-077
"Baby-Minder" Bean Bag Infant Cushions Recalled Because Of Suffocation
Risk
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Fourth Little Pig, San Anselmo, CA, in
cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, is
voluntarily recalling its Baby-Minder bean bag infant cushions because
of a suffocation risk. Although no deaths have been reported involving
the Baby-Minder, the Commission has received reports of 19 infants
being found dead lying face down on similar products made by other
firms.
Baby-Minder is a fabric covered, polystyrene pellet-filled cushion
with restraining straps intended for use with infants. The
manufacturer's name and address, along with patent and registry
numbers, appear on a paper tag stitched into a seam of the product.
The Fourth Little Pig name is also on a smaller tag containing washing
instructions. Approximately 3,000 Baby-Minder cushions have been sold
since 1985 for approximately $40 each.
The Commission staff urges consumers who own these products to stop
using them immediately.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission protects the public from
the unreasonable risk of injury or death from 15,000 types of consumer
products under the agency's jurisdiction. To report a dangerous
product or a product-related injury and for information on CPSC's fax-
on-demand service, call CPSC's hotline at (800) 638-2772 or CPSC's
teletypewriter at (800) 638-8270. To order a press release through fax-
on-demand, call (301) 504-0051 from the handset of your fax machine
and enter the release number. Consumers can report product hazards to
in...@cpsc.gov.