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Children's Lawn Chair Recalled by Actional Industries

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Remedy
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Affected

Children's Lawn Chair Recalled by Actional Industries NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 23, 1987 Release # 87-027 Children's Lawn Chair Being Recalled WASHINGTON, DC -- In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Action Industries, Inc., of Cheswick, Pennsylvania today announced a voluntary recall of a child's folding lawn chair because in some instances children's fingers may become caught when the chairs are collapsed. The chairs were imported from Italy until 1985 and were distributed, primarily through national chain stores, from late 1982 through early 1986. The chair is a child-sized folding lawn chair with an aluminum - square tubular frame, white plastic armrests, and a fabric seat and back with a rainbow-striped design or a clown design on red or blue back- ground. Embossed on the top of both white plastic armrests are the words "Lerolin Thiene (1) made in Italy." The distributor estimates that in excess of 64,000 of the chairs are still in use. Twenty-two incidents have been reported in which children's fingers became caught when the chair was collapsed. In some cases severe laceration or loss of fingertip was reported. Consumers are urged to remove the chair from use immediately. To obtain a $5.00 refund for the product, consumers should cut the entire fabric seat and back from the chair and mail them both, along with their name, address and telephone number, to Action Industries, P.O. Box 116, Cheswick, Pa 15024. Refunds will be made only for chairs which match the description above. Owners are also advised to dispose of the chair frame after the fabric seat has been removed. Anyone wishing additional information may call CPSC toll-free hotline number at 800-638-CPSC. A teletypewriter number for the hearing impaired is (301) 595-7054.

The file

Sold at
Not stated
Product type
Chairs, Stools & Benches
Made in
Italy
Recalled by
Action Industries, Lerolin Thiene

Incident log

None stated.

What the notice says to do

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Notice first dated APR 23 1987; last revised JAN 02 2015.

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