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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 22, 1999
Release # 00-037
| Company Media Contact: (800) 423-2320
CPSC Consumer Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: Kim Dulic, (301) 504-7058
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CPSC, Kelty Announce Recall to Repair Backpack Child Carriers
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission (CPSC), Kelty, of Boulder, Colo., is recalling for repair
approximately 26,000 Kelty K.I.D.S. backpack child carriers. The seat
height adjustment strap on these carriers can slip out of the buckle. A
child can slide downward in the seat unexpectedly and could fall out of
the carrier.
Kelty has received two reports of children slipping down inside
the carriers after the height adjustment strap came loose. Neither child
fell out of the carrier, and there were no reports of injury.
There are six models of these Kelty K.I.D.S backpack carriers:
Expedition, Trek, Explorer, Country, Elite and Town. The model name is
written on the side of the carrier. The carriers are blue and have the
Kelty K.I.D.S. logo on the back rest of the seat. Kelty also
manufactured a carrier that L.L. Bean sold under its "L.L. KIDS" label
and has the "Kelty" logo on the black frame hinge that connects the
kickstand to the main frame.
Specialty and sporting good retailers, including L.L. Bean, REI
and Eastern Mountain Sports, sold the recalled backpack carriers
nationwide from March 1999 through December 1999 for between $100 and
$250.
Consumers should immediately stop using these backpack carriers,
and contact Kelty for instructions on getting the free repair kit. For
more information, consumers should call Kelty at (800) 423-2320 between
10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or go to Kelty's web
site at www.kelty.com.
Kelty and L.L. KIDS carriers purchased prior to March 1999 have a
different type of seat adjustment strap and are not included in this
recall.
Seat Height Adjustment Strap
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