Crib Tents Recalled Due To Serious Safety Risk

HARTFORD — The Department of Consumer Protection is alerting consumers about a nationwide voluntary recall announced by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and five major retailers. Refunds will be made available to consumers who have purchased any of the recalled crib tents or play yard tents made by Tots in Mind, Inc.

According to CPSC, infants and toddlers are at risk of serious injury or death due to strangulation and entrapment by these products, and urges parents and caregivers to stop using these crib tents and play yard tents immediately. Do not attempt to repair these products.

At least 27 tent failures, including one fatality and one serious brain injury, occurred between January 1997 and April 2012 from these crib tents.

The manufacturer, Tots in Mind, Inc, has gone out of business, but retailers who sold these products are offering refunds or store credit to consumers. The recalled products were sold at numerous retail stores and online for between $60 and $85.

Consumers should contact the store listed below where the crib tent was purchased to receive either a refund or store credit, depending on the retailer. If consumers are unsure of where the crib tent was purchased, see return policy for individual retailers below on their websites:

Amazon.com, Amazon.com;

Bed Bath & Beyond/Buy Buy Baby, bedbathandbeyond.com or buybuybaby.com or 800-GOBEYOND;

Burlington Coat Factory, burlingtoncoatfactory.com or 888-223-2628;

Toys R Us/Babies R Us, toysrus.com or babiesrus.com or 800-869-7787;

Walmart, walmartstores.com or 800-925-6278.

The recall includes various models of about 330,000 crib or play yard tents. Consumers can identify their tent by the 2-by-1½-inch label with Tots In Mind logo located on the nonmesh portion near the top of the tent.