Children's bed canopies
CPSC Recall #14-137 — March 20, 2014
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