Crib Rail Toys Recalled by Summer Infant Products
Kids’ product recall 99-037. Announced by CPSC on Dec 14, 1998.
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Announced by CPSC on Dec 14, 1998. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
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What’s wrong with it?
Laceration
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What should you do?
The notice gives no remedy in a field of its own.
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Which ones are recalled?
Crib Rail Toys Recalled by Summer Infant Products NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 14, 1998 Release # 99-037 Company Phone Number: (800) 426-8627 CPSC Consumer Hotline: (800) 638-2772 CPSC Media Contact: Nychelle Fleming, (301) 504-7063 CPSC, Summer Infant Products Inc. Announce Recall of Crib Rail Toys WASHINGTON, D.C. In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Summer Infant Products Inc., of Cumberland, R.I., is recalling about 5,000 Garden Play Yard Pals crib and play yard rail toys. The plastic flower toy stem on this toy can break when bent, creating a sharp edge hazard for young children, and possibly causing cuts or puncture injuries. Summer Infant Products, Inc. has received three reports of flower stem breaking. There have been no reported injuries. Garden Play Yard Pals attaches to cribs and play yard rails. The toy includes three figures on a plastic base: a gopher in a cup, a butterfly with a spinning ball rattle, and a flowered mirror with red and purple clackers around its stem. “Summer” is written in white letters on the front of the base. The toy was packaged in a box labeled with UPC number 0 12914 05802 2. Retail and specialty stores, including Babies R Us, Ross Stores, TJ Maxx, and Value City, sold the toy from February 1998 through November 1998 for approximately $12. Consumers should stop using the Garden Play Yard Pals immediately. For more information and to get a replacement product or a refund, call Summer Infant Products at (800) 426-8627 between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. EST Monday through Friday, or write the company at Summer Infant Products, 33 Meeting Street, Cumberland, RI 02864.
Summer Infant Products Garden Play Yard Pals crib and play yard rail toys.
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Numbers to check against yours
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UPC
012914058022
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Who made and sold it?
- Made by Value City.
- Made by Babies R Us.
- Made by Ross.
- Made by TJ Maxx.
- Made by Summer Infant Products.
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Was anyone hurt?
The notice doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
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What the record doesn’t say
- 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.
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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.