– Consumerist

By Laura Northrup July 8, 2009

More than one million play yards made by Kolcraft and sold under a variety of names have been recalled. Brands include Kolcraft, Carter’s, Sesame Street, Jeep, Contours, Care Bears and Eric Carle. There’s a problem with the side rail, and children can fall out. Check to see if yours is affected at the CPSC.

Tagged With: play yards, kolcraft, infants, babies, alert, cpsc, children, recall, recalls, playpens

Comments

dbshaw says:

July 9, 2009 at 2:26 am

Maybe there is just something wrong with the children? Recall the kids. Maybe they all list to the side or something.
- Kevin says:
  
  July 9, 2009 at 1:04 pm
  
  @dbshaw: HAHAHA
U-235 says:

July 9, 2009 at 11:04 am

I always wonder when this happens “are the engineers at these companies too stupid to design a five sided box?” I guess the answer is yes.
- cerbie says:
  
  July 9, 2009 at 11:36 am
  
  @U-235: I wonder that, too. It’s not like child-safe designs for these things are new. Then again, maybe the engineers smart enough to do that are working elsewhere…
- dohtem says:
  
  July 9, 2009 at 11:48 pm
  
  @U-235: The engineers could have designed a quality product but when the contract is awarded to some factory in China to manufacture en masse…
hammitz says:

July 9, 2009 at 6:13 pm

Is ‘play yard’ a new word for ‘play pen’, or is this a regional phrase?
- Laura Northrup says:
  
  July 10, 2009 at 5:27 am
  
  @hammitz: New term for playpen. I use it because Consumer Reports does.