July
24, 2001
Basic
Comfort Inc., of Denver, Colo., is voluntarily recalling about 16,000 infant
seat pads. The seat pad has two shoulder straps that create a v-shaped opening
around the head and neck, presenting a strangulation hazard to young children.
Basic Comfort received one report of an 8-month old girl who was caught by the
neck in the shoulder straps of the seat pad after falling sideways off a chair.
The child was removed from the seat pad without injury.
The seat pad was sold under The Baby Sitter brand name. The infant seat pad is
designed to restrain a child on a chair in a sitting position. It has a padded
back and seat. The seat pad is attached to a chair by Velcro straps attached to
the sides of the pad. The front of the seat pad has two straps attached near
the top of the pad that go over a child's shoulders and connect to a single
crotch strap. The seat pad is a denim blue color with white restraint straps. Department
and juvenile products stores nationwide including JC Penney and One Step Ahead
sold these infant seat pads from October 1998 through May 2001 for about $11.
Consumers should stop using the infant pads immediately and contact Basic
Comfort at (800) 456-8687 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. MT to receive a
replacement. Consumers also can visit the firm's web site at http://www.basiccomfort.com/.