CPSC, Hufco-Delaware Co. Announce Recall to Repair Gerry® TrailTech™ Backpack Baby Carriers
Kids’ product recall 00-151. Announced by CPSC on Jul 27, 2000.
- CPSC: stop using it
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Jul 27, 2000. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
- Stop using it what CPSC tells owners to do now (needs attention)
- About 111,000 units, as CPSC gives them
- Reported injuries, in the notice (needs attention)
Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
Small infants can shift to one side, slip through the leg openings of these carriers and fall.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What should you do?
Consumers should stop using these backpack carriers immediately. Evenflo, which is now the responding company for this recall, no longer has any service parts for this product nor the capability of producing these parts. As repair kits are no longer available, consumers should destroy these products.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: Evenflo can be reached at (800) 233-5921 to answer any questions.
Which ones are recalled?
These Gerry® TrailTech™ backpack baby carriers have black, plastic contoured frames. They were sold in color combinations of slate blue with teal trim, green with black trim, navy blue and purple with green trim, and blue and purple with silver trim. A tag on the outside of the carrier reads “GERRY®.” A long tag, originally inside the carrier when sold, reads, “GERRY TRAIL TECH/TRAIL TECH HP.” Writing imprinted on the plastic frame reads, “GERRY.” The carrier has a removable, washable seat; a storage pouch; a loading stand; and a padded hip belt.
about 111,000 units, as CPSC gives them.
Gerry® TrailTech™ backpack baby carriers with plastic frames.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
CPSC’s photos
CPSC shows 1 photo on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.
Who made and sold it?
- Made by Hufco-Delaware Co., Miamisburg, Ohio.
- Department and baby products stores nationwide sold these backpack carriers, from January 1996 through July 2000, for about $65.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Was anyone hurt?
CPSC and Hufco-Delaware have received four reports of infants slipping through the leg openings of these carriers. There were two reports of infants suffering fractured skulls and two reports of infants suffering bumped heads when they fell to the ground.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- The notice lists no UPCs, so check the model, the description and the photos.
- The notice lists no model numbers in a field of their own; its description may give them.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Recalls API.
Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
Recalls of kids’ and home products are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record. Copied on Oct 19, 2026.