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Window Blinds Sold Exclusively at Lowe's Stores Recalled for Repair by Springs Window Fashions Due to Strangulation Hazard is CPSC recall #07262, announced on August 3, 2007. The CPSC cites the following hazard: This recall involves two-inch Natural Faux Wood Plantation Blinds sold under the Basic Blindz® brand. The blinds have a yellow steel top rail, also called the head rail, a cord tilter on the left side (to tilt the slats open or closed), and a double pull cord that meets at a cord connector and ends in a single cord on the right side (to raise and lower the blinds). Stickers inside the top rail state: "Springs Window Fashion LLC, Middleton, WI 53562," "Made in China," and "Manufacturing Date Code." Blinds with manufacturing date codes JX, JY, JZ, KO, KP, KQ, KR, KS, and KT are included in the recall. The following item numbers are located on the window blind's packaging. Item # (SWF) Item # (Lowe's) Description 75-4270-27 251072 Basic Blindz® 23x64 Faux Wood - Natural 75-4271-27 251075 Basic Blindz® 27x64 Faux Wood - Natural 75-4272-27 251078 Basic Blindz® 29x64 Faux Wood - Natural 75-4273-27 251080 Basic Blindz® 30x64 Faux Wood - Natural 75-4274-27 251083 Basic Blindz® 31x64 Faux Wood - Natural 75-4275-27 251085 Basic Blindz® 32x64 Faux Wood - Natural 75-4276-27 251088 Basic Blindz® 34x64 Faux Wood - Natural 75-4277-27 251090 Basic Blindz® 35x64 Faux Wood - Natural 75-4278-27 251093 Basic Blindz® 36x64 Faux Wood - Natural 75-4290-27 253063 Basic Blindz® 34x72 Faux Wood - Natural 75-4291-27 253064 Basic Blindz® 35x72 Faux Wood - Natural The remedy is consumers should immediately stop using the recalled window blinds and contact springs window fashions to receive a free retrofit kit.. Affected brand: Springs Window Fashions LLC.
This recall involves two-inch Natural Faux Wood Plantation Blinds sold under the Basic Blindz® brand. The blinds have a yellow steel top rail, also called the head rail, a cord tilter on the left side (to tilt the slats open or closed), and a double pull cord that meets at a cord connector and ends in a single cord on the right side (to raise and lower the blinds). Stickers inside the top rail state: "Springs Window Fashion LLC, Middleton, WI 53562," "Made in China," and "Manufacturing Date Code." Blinds with manufacturing date codes JX, JY, JZ, KO, KP, KQ, KR, KS, and KT are included in the recall. The following item numbers are located on the window blind's packaging. Item # (SWF) Item # (Lowe's) Description 75-4270-27 251072 Basic Blindz® 23x64 Faux Wood - Natural 75-4271-27 251075 Basic Blindz® 27x64 Faux Wood - Natural 75-4272-27 251078 Basic Blindz® 29x64 Faux Wood - Natural 75-4273-27 251080 Basic Blindz® 30x64 Faux Wood - Natural 75-4274-27 251083 Basic Blindz® 31x64 Faux Wood - Natural 75-4275-27 251085 Basic Blindz® 32x64 Faux Wood - Natural 75-4276-27 251088 Basic Blindz® 34x64 Faux Wood - Natural 75-4277-27 251090 Basic Blindz® 35x64 Faux Wood - Natural 75-4278-27 251093 Basic Blindz® 36x64 Faux Wood - Natural 75-4290-27 253063 Basic Blindz® 34x72 Faux Wood - Natural 75-4291-27 253064 Basic Blindz® 35x72 Faux Wood - Natural
Affected products
Basic Blindz® Window Blinds
Recalled brands
Springs Window Fashions LLC
Remedy
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled window blinds and contact Springs Window Fashions to receive a free retrofit kit.
Recall date
August 3, 2007
CPSC recall #07262 covers Window Blinds Sold Exclusively at Lowe's Stores Recalled for Repair by Springs Window Fashions Due to Strangulation Hazard, announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on August 3, 2007. The CPSC cites the following hazard: This recall involves two-inch Natural Faux Wood Plantation Blinds sold under the Basic Blindz® brand. The blinds have a yellow steel top rail, also called the head rail, a cord tilter on the left side (to tilt the slats open or closed), and a double pull cord that meets at a cord connector and ends in a single cord on the right side (to raise and lower the blinds). Stickers inside the top rail state: "Springs Window Fashion LLC, Middleton, WI 53562," "Made in China," and "Manufacturing Date Code." Blinds with manufacturing date codes JX, JY, JZ, KO, KP, KQ, KR, KS, and KT are included in the recall. The following item numbers are located on the window blind's packaging. Item # (SWF) Item # (Lowe's) Description 75-4270-27 251072 Basic Blindz® 23x64 Faux Wood - Natural 75-4271-27 251075 Basic Blindz® 27x64 Faux Wood - Natural 75-4272-27 251078 Basic Blindz® 29x64 Faux Wood - Natural 75-4273-27 251080 Basic Blindz® 30x64 Faux Wood - Natural 75-4274-27 251083 Basic Blindz® 31x64 Faux Wood - Natural 75-4275-27 251085 Basic Blindz® 32x64 Faux Wood - Natural 75-4276-27 251088 Basic Blindz® 34x64 Faux Wood - Natural 75-4277-27 251090 Basic Blindz® 35x64 Faux Wood - Natural 75-4278-27 251093 Basic Blindz® 36x64 Faux Wood - Natural 75-4290-27 253063 Basic Blindz® 34x72 Faux Wood - Natural 75-4291-27 253064 Basic Blindz® 35x72 Faux Wood - Natural
The CPSC remedy for recall #07262 is consumers should immediately stop using the recalled window blinds and contact springs window fashions to receive a free retrofit kit.. Consumers should stop using the product and follow the instructions in the official CPSC notice.
If you sell Window Blinds Sold Exclusively at Lowe's Stores Recalled for Repair by Springs Window Fashions Due to Strangulation Hazard on Shopify, stop selling the affected units immediately, notify customers who purchased them, and consider whether you have a Section 15(b) reporting obligation to the CPSC. RecallDocket helps Shopify merchants identify affected SKUs and prepare the required safety report.
The primary source is the official CPSC notice at https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2007/Window-Blinds-Sold-Exclusively-at-Lowes-Stores-Recalled-for-Repair-by-Springs-Window-Fashions-Due-to-Strangulation-Hazard. RecallDocket links to it from this page.
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