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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 25, 1999
Release # 99-115
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Company Phone Number: (800) 853-6001
CPSC Consumer Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: Nychelle Fleming, (301) 504-7063
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CPSC, E and I Inc. Announce Recall of Bungee Baby Bouncer
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission (CPSC), E and I Inc., of Bancroft, Idaho, is recalling about
4,000 Bungee Baby Bouncers. The device allows a baby to bounce while
supported in a harness or "belly band" by an elastic "bungee cord,"
suspended from a doorway. Knots tied in the black rope that supports the
bouncer can unravel, causing the baby to fall.
CPSC and E and I Inc. have received six reports of knots failing.
In four of these incidents, babies bumped their heads from falls.
The Bungee Baby Bouncer includes a purple harness, a clamp that
attaches to the doorway frame, two wooden dowels measuring 15.5 inches
and 3.875 inches long, a rope and a purple elastic bungee cord. "E and
I's BUNGEE BABY BOUNCER" is written on the harness, and "BUNGEE BABY
BOUNCER" is written on the doorway clamp. The product's safety
precautions advise the bouncer is to be used for babies approximately 4
months old to walking age, and for babies not heavier than 25 pounds.
Chelsea and Scott's One Step Ahead catalogs, and baby specialty
retailers in Utah and Idaho sold the bouncers from September 1998
through March 1999 for between $35 and $40.
Consumers should immediately stop using their Bungee Baby Bouncer,
and return only the bungee assembly to E and I Inc. for a free repair.
Consumers will be reimbursed postage charges. Consumers can send their
bungee assembly to: E and I Inc., P.O. Box 66, Bancroft ID 83217-0066.
For more information, consumers should call E and I Inc. at
(800) 853-6001 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. MDT Monday through Friday.
The metal hook that attaches to the doorway clamp can break,
however, a safety cable prevents the bouncer from falling. The company
also is replacing these metal hooks as part of this repair.
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