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CPSC, TV Guard Inc. Announce Recall to Repair TV Guards

Name of Product:
TV Guard
Hazard:

Children can tip the television over onto themselves by pulling on the TV Guard, and sustain bodily injury.

補救措施:
Repair
Recall Date:
九月 28, 1998
產品件數:

About 70,000

消費者聯絡點

Consumers may call the company's 24-hour toll-free hotline at (877) TVGUARD.

產品召回細節

Description:

WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), TV Guard Inc., of Manalapan, N.J., is recalling to repair about 70,000 TV Guards, a plastic shield that attaches to a television to cover control buttons. Children can tip the television over onto themselves by pulling on the TV Guard, and sustain bodily injury.

TV Guard Inc. has received three reports of young children suffering injuries when they pulled on the guard and the television fell on top of them. A broken leg, a severely bruised pelvic area, and facial cuts along with a bruised leg and foot have been reported.

The TV Guard, measuring about 19 inches long, is made of clear plastic.One part of the shield fits under the television set and the other aligns itself across the front panel, where the controls are. A white sticker on the shield is labeled in part, "WARNING: Children can tip the television over onto themselves by pulling on the TV Guard...TV Guard Inc." The product was sold in a blue box labeled in part, "TV GUARD...Babies can't push buttons...No more interruptions...Childproof your television with our amazing plastic shield...Made in the USA."

Juvenile catalogs and juvenile product stores nationwide sold the TV Guard from April 1993 to September 1998 for about $10.

Consumers should immediately remove the guard from the television and call the company's 24-hour toll-free hotline at (877) TVGUARD. Consumers will receive a free, low-skid pad for use with TV Guard, to help prevent the television set from tipping.

補救措施:

Consumers should immediately remove the guard from the television and call the company's 24-hour toll-free hotline at (877) TVGUARD. Consumers will receive a free, low-skid pad for use with TV Guard, to help prevent the television set from tipping.

事故/受傷:

TV Guard Inc. has received three reports of young children suffering injuries when they pulled on the guard and the television fell on top of them. A broken leg, a severely bruised pelvic area, and facial cuts along with a bruised leg and foot have been reported.

Sold At:
Juvenile catalogs and juvenile product stores nationwide sold the TV Guard from April 1993 to September 1998 for about $10.
Manufactured In:
United States
產品召回號碼:
98-172

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