CPSC, The Betesh Group Announce Recall of "John Lennon" Crib Mobiles
CPSC Recall1 injuries · 2000-10-27 · 01021
Hazards
The screws that connect the mobile's arm assembly and crib clamp can become loose if overtightened. The arms can detach and fall into the crib, injuring the baby inside.
Recall
Number
01021
Date
2000-10-27
Injuries reported
1
Products
Names
"John Lennon" crib mobiles
Companies
Retailer(s)
Department and specialty stores sold these mobiles, from June 1999 through August 2000, for about $39.
Importer(s)
The Betesh Group, of New York, N.Y.
Country of manufacture
China
Description
John Lennon Musical Mobiles hang from white wooden dowels that attach to cribs with white clamps. "John LennonTM" and "MADE IN CHINA" is written on the wind-up music box that turns the mobile. The music box plays the song, "Imagine." The mobile has colorful wooden cut-outs of a rhinoceros, two elephants, a giraffe and a bird hanging from yellow ribbons. Below each animal is a round disk with a drawing of the animal it hangs from on the bottom.