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CPSC, Lifetime Products Inc. and Escalade Sports Announce Recall to Repair Portable Basketball Hoops is CPSC recall #02129, announced on March 28, 2002. The CPSC cites the following hazard: All Lifetime portable basketball system models, except the "Quick Court" are included in the recall. The Escalade Sports basketball hoop models included in the recall are the Harvard, The Big Easy, B3100, B3301, B3302, B3303, B3304, B3305, B3306, B3403, B3500, Spalding, The Big Easy B3402 and Apex B9995, Mini Court, Alley Court. These portable basketball hoops come unassembled with a flat plastic base that is weighted down by either sand or water that is added during assembly. The basketball poles are made of black metal. The brand names or model names may appear on the backboard, main pole or the flat plastic base of the basketball hoops. The remedy is consumers should stop using the basketball hoops immediately and contact lifetime products or escalade sports to receive free cap nuts to cover the bolts. consumers should call and get a cap nut, regardless of whether their bolt protrudes or not.. Affected brands: Lifetime Products Inc., Escalade Sports.
All Lifetime portable basketball system models, except the "Quick Court" are included in the recall. The Escalade Sports basketball hoop models included in the recall are the Harvard, The Big Easy, B3100, B3301, B3302, B3303, B3304, B3305, B3306, B3403, B3500, Spalding, The Big Easy B3402 and Apex B9995, Mini Court, Alley Court. These portable basketball hoops come unassembled with a flat plastic base that is weighted down by either sand or water that is added during assembly. The basketball poles are made of black metal. The brand names or model names may appear on the backboard, main pole or the flat plastic base of the basketball hoops.
Affected products
Portable basketball hoops
Recalled brands
Lifetime Products Inc., Escalade Sports
Remedy
Consumers should stop using the basketball hoops immediately and contact Lifetime Products or Escalade Sports to receive free cap nuts to cover the bolts. Consumers should call and get a cap nut, regardless of whether their bolt protrudes or not.
Recall date
March 28, 2002
CPSC recall #02129 covers CPSC, Lifetime Products Inc. and Escalade Sports Announce Recall to Repair Portable Basketball Hoops, announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on March 28, 2002. The CPSC cites the following hazard: All Lifetime portable basketball system models, except the "Quick Court" are included in the recall. The Escalade Sports basketball hoop models included in the recall are the Harvard, The Big Easy, B3100, B3301, B3302, B3303, B3304, B3305, B3306, B3403, B3500, Spalding, The Big Easy B3402 and Apex B9995, Mini Court, Alley Court. These portable basketball hoops come unassembled with a flat plastic base that is weighted down by either sand or water that is added during assembly. The basketball poles are made of black metal. The brand names or model names may appear on the backboard, main pole or the flat plastic base of the basketball hoops.
The CPSC remedy for recall #02129 is consumers should stop using the basketball hoops immediately and contact lifetime products or escalade sports to receive free cap nuts to cover the bolts. consumers should call and get a cap nut, regardless of whether their bolt protrudes or not.. Consumers should stop using the product and follow the instructions in the official CPSC notice.
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The primary source is the official CPSC notice at https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2002/CPSC-Lifetime-Products-Inc-and-Escalade-Sports-Announce-Recall-to-Repair-Portable-Basketball-Hoops-. RecallDocket links to it from this page.
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