Children's bed canopies

CPSC Recall #14-137 — March 20, 2014

Recall #14-137 Date: March 20, 2014 Remedy: Refund

Product

Children's bed canopies

Description

A child can get tangled at the neck in the canopy's 7-foot long mesh fabric.

Hazard

An infant or young child can get entangled at the neck in the canopy's fabric, posing a strangulation hazard.

Incidents / Injuries

There have been nine reports worldwide of children getting entangled in the bed canopies, including one in the U.S. involving a 7-month-old girl who pulled the canopy's fabric into her crib and wrapped it around her neck several times.

Remedy

Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled children's bed canopies and return them to any IKEA store for a full refund.

Units Affected

About 255,000 in the United States, 7,000 in Canada and 2.6 million worldwide

Sold At

IKEA stores nationwide and online at www.ikea-usa.com from August 1996 through March 2014 for between $10 and $30.

Manufactured In

Czech Republic, Estonia, Lithuania and Vietnam