Portable Basketball Hoops Recalled by Huffy Sports Company
NEWS from CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Information and Public Affairs
Washington, DC 20207
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 9, 2002
Release # 02-247
Huffy's Recall Hotline: (800) 558-5234 CPSC Consumer Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: Kim Dulic, (301) 504-7058
CPSC, Huffy Sports Company Announce Recall to Repair Portable Basketball Hoops
WASHINGTON, D.C. - As children and adults perfect their lay-ups in
driveway basketball courts across the country, the U.S. Consumer Product
Safety Commission (CPSC) announces another recall of portable basketball
hoops. In cooperation with the CPSC, Huffy Sports Company, of Sussex,
Wis., is recalling about 70,000 portable basketball systems. The
basketball hoops can have a sharp protruding bolt on the player's side
of the pole that can cause serious leg or body lacerations to consumers.
Basketball players can be cut when they collide with the pole as they
drive toward the basket or when they fall or are pushed into the pole.
CPSC and Huffy Sports have received 11 reports of injuries from
protruding bolts that include scrapes and lacerations. Ten consumers
required stitches for their injuries.
These are portable, vertically mounted Huffy-brand basketball
systems that come unassembled with a plastic base that is weighted down
by either sand or water that is added during assembly. The basketball
poles are painted black and the Huffy brand name appears on the
backboard, main pole, or plastic base. The protruding bolt on the player
side of the pole is located about 20-inches from the ground.
Sporting good, department and toy stores sold the Huffy-brand
portable basketball systems from November 2001 through May 2002 for
between $100 and $200.
Consumers should examine their units immediately. If there is a
protruding bolt in the area of play, contact Huffy Sports to receive
free bolt covers. Consumers can contact Huffy Sports at (800) 558-5234
between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. CST Monday through Friday.
