Washington, DC: About 121,000 pairs of Plastic Trapeze rings have been recalled in the United States (in addition about 6,500 were sold in Canada and about 5,500 in Mexico), due to reports of the rings unexpectedly cracking or breaking during use, posing a fall hazard to children.
To date, Rainbow has received more than 100 reports of the rings cracking or breaking including 15 with reports of injuries consisting of bumps, bruises, lacerations, concussion and one broken finger.
This recall involves only the yellow plastic trapeze rings. They are triangular in shape with rounded sides and have a loop at the top. They measure about 8½ inches high by 6½ inches wide. The yellow rings come as a pair and were connected to a trapeze bar.
The rings were sold either as a separate component or as an attachment on the following Rainbow®-branded residential wooden playsets: All-American, Backyard Circus, Carnival, Fiesta, King Kong, Monster, Sunray, Sunshine and Rainbow. All of these playsets have an aluminum plate located on the front of the wooden swing beam with the following name stamped on it, "Playgrounds America,""Rainbow Play Systems Inc.,"or "unray Premium Playgrounds."
The Rainbow Plastic Trapeze Rings were sold at Rainbow dealers nationwide from January 2007 through December 2011 and at several mass merchandisers including Sam' Club, Toys R Us and Walmart from January 2009 through December 2009. The playsets retailed for between $900 and $10,000.
