Quick answer
Hunter Douglas Recalls to Repair Custom Cellular and Pleated Window Coverings Due to Strangulation Hazard is CPSC recall #13707, announced on November 21, 2012. The CPSC cites the following hazard: This recall involves custom-made cellular and pleated window coverings, sold in various colors and featuring a breakaway cord stop. These honeycomb and pleated shades have a top-down and bottom-up function allowing for the raising and lowering of the shades from the top down or from the bottom up. The Hunter Douglas logo is printed on the tassels on the single cords that descend from the breakaway cord stop. The remedy is cpsc urges consumers to check their window coverings to see if the cords inside the breakaway cord stop are tied in a single knot. the breakaway cord stop is the plastic device that attaches two cords from the end of the blind to a single cord used to adjust the blind. blinds have adjustment cords on both ends of the head rail with a cord stop on each. if there is a knot in the two cords inside the cord stop, stop using these window coverings and contact hunter douglas for a free repair kit with instructions on untying the knot. hunter douglas will also be contacting consumers to provide repair kits.. Affected brand: Hunter Douglas Fabrication Co..
This recall involves custom-made cellular and pleated window coverings, sold in various colors and featuring a breakaway cord stop. These honeycomb and pleated shades have a top-down and bottom-up function allowing for the raising and lowering of the shades from the top down or from the bottom up. The Hunter Douglas logo is printed on the tassels on the single cords that descend from the breakaway cord stop.
Affected products
Standard cordlock top-down/bottom-up Duette and Applause honeycomb shades; standard cordlock top-down/bottom-up Hunter Douglas pleated shades; Hunter Douglas Brilliance Privacy View pleated shades and standard cordlock Duette and Applause Duolite shades
Recalled brands
Hunter Douglas Fabrication Co.
Remedy
CPSC urges consumers to check their window coverings to see if the cords inside the breakaway cord stop are tied in a single knot. The breakaway cord stop is the plastic device that attaches two cords from the end of the blind to a single cord used to adjust the blind. Blinds have adjustment cords on both ends of the head rail with a cord stop on each. If there is a knot in the two cords inside the cord stop, stop using these window coverings and contact Hunter Douglas for a free repair kit with instructions on untying the knot. Hunter Douglas will also be contacting consumers to provide repair kits.
Recall date
November 21, 2012
CPSC recall #13707 covers Hunter Douglas Recalls to Repair Custom Cellular and Pleated Window Coverings Due to Strangulation Hazard, announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on November 21, 2012. The CPSC cites the following hazard: This recall involves custom-made cellular and pleated window coverings, sold in various colors and featuring a breakaway cord stop. These honeycomb and pleated shades have a top-down and bottom-up function allowing for the raising and lowering of the shades from the top down or from the bottom up. The Hunter Douglas logo is printed on the tassels on the single cords that descend from the breakaway cord stop.
The CPSC remedy for recall #13707 is cpsc urges consumers to check their window coverings to see if the cords inside the breakaway cord stop are tied in a single knot. the breakaway cord stop is the plastic device that attaches two cords from the end of the blind to a single cord used to adjust the blind. blinds have adjustment cords on both ends of the head rail with a cord stop on each. if there is a knot in the two cords inside the cord stop, stop using these window coverings and contact hunter douglas for a free repair kit with instructions on untying the knot. hunter douglas will also be contacting consumers to provide repair kits.. Consumers should stop using the product and follow the instructions in the official CPSC notice.
If you sell Hunter Douglas Recalls to Repair Custom Cellular and Pleated Window Coverings 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/2013/Hunter-Douglas-Recalls-to-Repair-Custom-Cellular-and-Pleated-Window-Coverings-Due-to-Strangulation-Hazard. RecallDocket links to it from this page.
Sell on Shopify? Stay ahead of every CPSC recall.
RecallDocket automatically checks your catalog against new CPSC recalls and alerts you the moment one of your products is affected.
Install RecallDocket — free