Consumer Alert: Recall of "John Lennon" Crib Mobiles

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Consumer Alert from CPSC
Consumer Alert: Recall of "John Lennon" Crib Mobiles
Parts can detach and fall into crib

Oct. 27, WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), The Betesh Group, of New York, N.Y., is voluntarily recalling about 47,000 "John Lennon" crib mobiles. The screws that connect the mobile's arm assembly and crib clamp can become loose if overtightened. The arms can detach and fall into the crib, injuring the baby inside.

CPSC and The Betesh Group has received seven reports of bumps and scratches to babies after the mobiles attached to their cribs fell on them.

John Lennon Musical Mobiles hang from white wooden dowels that attach to cribs with white clamps. "John LennonTM" and "MADE IN CHINA" is written on the wind-up music box that turns the mobile. The music box plays the song, "Imagine." The mobile has colorful wooden cut-outs of a rhinoceros, two elephants, a giraffe and a bird hanging from yellow ribbons. Below each animal is a round disk with a drawing of the animal it hangs from on the bottom.

Department and specialty stores sold these mobiles from June 1999 through August 2000 for about $39.

Consumers should stop using these mobiles immediately, and call The Betesh Group to receive a free replacement plastic mobile with stuffed animals. For more information, call The Betesh Group at (877) 810-4264 anytime, or write to: The Betesh Group, One East 33rd Street, New York, NY 10016.

Crib mobiles with plastic clamps and arms are not included in this recall.

For Immediate Release Mobile Recall Hotline: (877) 810-4264
October 27, 2000 CPSC Contact: Nychelle Fleming
Release # 01-021 (301) 504-0580 Ext. 1192


		To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury, call CPSC's hotline at (800)638-2772. Consumers can obtain this release and recall information at CPSC's web site at http://www.cpsc.gov. Consumers can report product hazards to info@cpsc.gov.

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