CPSC, Huffy Sports Company Announce Recall to Repair
CPSC, Huffy Sports Company Announce Recall to Repair Portable Basketball Hoops
Why was CPSC, Huffy Sports Company Announce Recall to Repair recalled?
The basketball hoops can have a sharp protruding bolt on the player's side of the pole, that can cause serious leg or body lacerations to consumers. Basketball players can be cut when they collide with the pole, as they drive toward the basket or when they fall or are pushed into the pole.
What should I do if I have this product?
Consumers should examine their units immediately. If there is a protruding bolt in the area of play, contact Huffy Sports to receive free bolt covers. Contact: Consumers can contact Huffy Sports at (800) 558-5234 between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. CST Monday through Friday.
What to do with a recalled product: refunds, receipts, safe disposal and how to report a problem.
Is my product affected?
Compare the item in your hand with every identifier below from the official CPSC record. Only products that match the listed product and identifiers are part of this recall.
- Product
- Portable Basketball Hoops
- Company
- Huffy Sports Company, of Sussex, Wis.
- Quantity
- About 70,000
- Sold at
- Sporting goods, department and toy stores sold the Huffy-brand portable basketball systems, from November 2001 through May 2002, for between $100 and $200.
- Recall date
- September 9, 2002
- Incidents / injuries
- CPSC and Huffy Sports have received 11 reports of injuries from protruding bolts that include scrapes and lacerations. Ten consumers required stitches for their injuries.
- Agency
- CPSC
Product description
These are portable, vertically mounted Huffy-brand basketball systems that come unassembled with a plastic base, that is weighted down by either sand or water, that is added during assembly. The basketball poles are painted black and the Huffy brand name appears on the backboard, main pole, or plastic base. The protruding bolt on the player side of the pole is located about 20 inches from the ground.