82,000 Pottery Barn Kids Cribs Recalled For Safety Issue

HARTFORD, July 20 — All Pottery Barn Kids drop-side cribs are being voluntarily recalled by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Pottery Barn Kids, due to a defect in the drop-side hardware. Consumers should stop using the cribs immediately, inspect the hardware to make sure it is not broken, and contact Pottery Barn Kids to receive a free fixed-gate conversion kit that will immobilize the drop side.

Sold exclusively through the Pottery Barn Kids catalog, online at www.potterybarnkids.com, and at Pottery Barn Kids retail stores January 1999 through March 2010, the cribs were priced between $300 and $600. About 82,000 cribs are involved in this recall.

The cribs’ drop-sides can detach when hardware breaks, creating a space into which a young child can become entrapped, which can lead to suffocation. A child can also fall out of the crib. Drop side incidents also occur due to incorrect assembly and with age-related wear and tear. The CPSC and Pottery Barn Kids received 36 reports of drop sides on these cribs that have malfunctioned or detached, resulting in seven minor injuries when children fell out of the cribs or got their legs caught between the mattress and the drop side One child became entrapped at the head between the drop side and crib mattress but was freed without injury.

To identify the product, look for Pottery Barn Kids printed on a label attached to the crib headboard or footboard.

NOTE: Photos below do NOT include all models involved in recall. For a complete list of all models included in the recall go to the firm’s web site at www.potterybarnkids.com

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