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CPSC, Huffy Sports Company Announce Recall to Repair Portable Basketball Hoops is CPSC recall #02247, announced on September 9, 2002. The CPSC cites the following hazard: 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. The remedy is 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.. Affected brand: Huffy Sports Company.
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.
Affected products
Portable Basketball Hoops
Recalled brands
Huffy Sports Company
Remedy
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.
Recall date
September 9, 2002
CPSC recall #02247 covers CPSC, Huffy Sports Company Announce Recall to Repair Portable Basketball Hoops, announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on September 9, 2002. The CPSC cites the following hazard: 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.
The CPSC remedy for recall #02247 is 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.. 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-Huffy-Sports-Company-Announce-Recall-to-Repair-Portable-Basketball-Hoops-. RecallDocket links to it from this page.
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