May 6, 2003
Baby's
Dream Furniture Inc., of Buena Vista, Ga., is voluntarily recalling about 4,600
wooden convertible cribs manufactured from January to August 2001 to repair
hinges on the drop gate. The three hinges along the fold-down drop gate can
crack or break and allow babies to have their fingers pinched.
The recalled cribs were sold under either the Baby's Dream Furniture label or
the National Baby Furniture label in five different models. The five models
included in the recall are "Always Crib," "Crib 4 Life,"
"Legendary Crib," "Set 4 Life," and "Crib-2-College."
The wooden cribs are honey, amber or cherry in color. The model names and the
date of manufacture appear on a label on the lower inside of the frame.
"Made in USA" is also printed on the label. Juvenile furniture and
retail stores nationwide sold these cribs for between $300 and $400.
In addition, an unknown number of Baby's Dream cribs made between 1996 and 2002
may have drop gate trigger latches that are not correctly aligned to fit
securely into the strike plate on the crib post. A misaligned latch where the
latch trigger does not lock securely can allow the drop gate to open if a child
leans on it, and the child could fall out. Baby's Dream and CPSC have received
two reports of injuries to children when the latches did not hold. Injuries
included one report of a child whose head was bruised after falling onto the
floor when the drop gate latch failed and one report of a crushed finger when
the rail unexpectedly moved inward when the parent leaned into the crib. There
were five additional reports of children falling out of cribs who received no
injury.
Consumers owning these Baby's Dream cribs should call Baby's Dream at (800)
TEL CRIB (835-2742) between 7:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET or visit the firm's web
site at http://www.babysdream.com/recall/index.htm
to receive a repair kit for hinges and/or latches or for specific instructions
for examining their latches. Consumers can also write to Baby's Dream Furniture
Inc., at P.O. Box 579, Buena Vista, GA 31803-0579.