# Summer Infant Recalls to Repair Baby Bathers Due to Fall and Head Injury Hazard Consumers should order free repair kit
> **CPSC recall** · 2012-08-29 · 12262 · 1 injuries reported
## Recall
- **Number:** 12262
- **Date:** 2012-08-29
- **Injuries reported:** 1
## Products

Mother's Touch/Deluxe Baby Bathers

## Hazards

When the bather is lifted and/or carried with an infant in it, its folding wire frame can suddenly disengage from the side hinge, dropping the baby out of the bather, posing a fall hazard and a risk of serious head injury to infants.

## Remedies

Repair

## Manufacturer(s)

Summer Infant Inc., of Woonsocket, R.I.

## Retailer(s)

Mass merchandise stores nationwide and on the Web from September 2004 through November 2011 for between $15 and $30.

## Country of manufacture

China

## Description

This recall involves Summer Infant baby bathers with a small, nearly square blue or pink plastic base measuring about 13 ½ inches long by 12 ½ inches wide and with the following model numbers listed below. Model numbers are located either on the side of the baby bather near the warning label or on the front near the wash instructions. Some units have multiple model numbers. Model numbers with an additional letter at the end of the model number are also included in this recall. Recalled Summer Infant Baby Bathers Model Numbers 08020, 08050, 08054, 08070, 08401, 08409, 08404, 08405, 08650, 08655, 08659, 08754, 08940, 08944, 18004, 18040, 18049, 18050, 18120, 18125, 18129, 18254, 18360, 18375, 18379, 18390, 18394, 18440, 18445, 18449, 18470, 18475, 18479, 38510, 38515, 38750, 38755 The bathers have adjustable side hinges with five rivets each and a white wire frame with a mesh fabric sling seat and two or three positions for the seats. Some also have a head support cushion. The fabric seat comes in various colors including white, blue, green, yellow and orange with fish, turtles, butterflies, frogs, flowers and duck patterns. Bathers manufactured since July 2007 include the warning "Never lift or carry the bather with infant in it."

## Source
- [CPSC recall page](https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2012/Summer-Infant-Recalls-to-Repair-Baby-Bathers-Due-to-Fall-and-Head-Injury-Hazard-Consumers-should-order-free-repair-kit)
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