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Portable Basketball Hoops
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Children nationwide are heading outdoors to practice
their shots with portable basketball hoops. In cooperation with the
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Lifetime Products Inc.,
of Clearfield, Utah, and Escalade Sports, of Evansville, Ind. are
voluntarily recalling about 1.7 million portable basketball hoops. There
are about 1.7 million Lifetime portable basketball hoops and about
16,000 Escalade Sports basketball hoops being recalled. The basketball
hoops may have a sharp protruding bolt on the players' side of the pole
that can cause serious leg or body lacerations to consumers when the
bolt is exposed.
CPSC and Lifetime Products Inc. have received 27 reports of
injuries and Escalade Sports has received one report of injury from the
basketball hoop bolt. Injuries include scrapes, deep lacerations and
bruises. Several consumers required stitches for their injuries. Players
have been cut when they bump into the pole as they drive toward the
basket.
All Lifetime portable basketball system models, except the "Quick
Court" are included in the recall. The Escalade Sports basketball hoop
models included in the recall are the Harvard, The Big Easy, B3100,
B3301, B3302, B3303, B3304, B3305, B3306, B3403, B3500, Spalding, The
Big Easy B3402 and Apex B9995, Mini Court, Alley Court.
These portable basketball hoops come unassembled with a flat
plastic base that is weighted down by either sand or water that is added
during assembly. The basketball poles are made of black metal. The brand
names or model names may appear on the backboard, main pole or the flat
plastic base of the basketball hoops.
Sporting good, department and toy stores including Wal-Mart,
Kmart, Target and Toys R Us nationwide sold the Lifetime basketball
hoops between January 1994 and July 2000 and the Escalade Sports
basketball hoops between March 1994 and December 2001 for between $80
and $500.
Consumers should stop using the basketball hoops immediately and
contact Lifetime Products or Escalade Sports to receive free cap nuts to
cover the bolts. Consumers should call and get a cap nut regardless of
whether their bolt protrudes or not. Consumers can contact Lifetime
Products Inc. at (800) 225-3865 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. MT or 9 a.m
and 6 p.m CT Monday through Friday or the firm's web site at
www.lifetime.com. Escalade Sports can be reached at (800) 467-1397
between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. CT Monday through Friday or the firm's web site.
To see a picture of the recalled product(s) visit the CPSC's web site.
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