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CPSC, The Betesh Group Announce Recall of "John Lennon" Crib Mobiles

U.S. CPSCFallsOct 27, 2000
Recalled "John Lennon" crib mobile
Recalled "John Lennon" crib mobile

Photos from the official notice: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission · image rights

Hazard

The screws that connect the mobile's arm assembly and crib clamp can become loose if overtightened. The arms can detach and fall into the crib, injuring the baby inside.

Remedy

Consumers should stop using these mobiles immediately, and call The Betesh Group to receive a free replacement plastic mobile with stuffed animals.

Incidents & injuries

CPSC and The Betesh Group have received seven reports of bumps and scratches to babies after the mobiles attached to their cribs fell on them.

Product description

John Lennon Musical Mobiles hang from white wooden dowels that attach to cribs with white clamps. "John LennonTM" and "MADE IN CHINA" is written on the wind-up music box that turns the mobile. The music box plays the song, "Imagine." The mobile has colorful wooden cut-outs of a rhinoceros, two elephants, a giraffe and a bird hanging from yellow ribbons. Below each animal is a round disk with a drawing of the animal it hangs from on the bottom.

Sold on

Department and specialty stores sold these mobiles, from June 1999 through August 2000, for about $39.

Contact the company

For more information, call The Betesh Group at (212) 686-4666 anytime, or write to: The Betesh Group, One East 33rd Street, New York, NY 10016.

What should I do?

Stop using the product and follow the remedy below. Contact the company for a refund, repair or replacement — recall remedies are free.

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