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Travel play yards - rating.(Buyers Guide)(Evaluation)
Travel play yards are the more mobile descendants of playpens. They provide an enclosed space for play or a nap and fold into a fairly compact package that can be taken along on visits to the grandparents, for example. Convenience counts when choosing a travel play yard. We tested nine models priced from $80 to $135, judging them for ease of setup, pack-up, and portability. But safety is also a concern with these products.
A TROUBLED HISTORY
A play yard's top rails are typically hinged at the center to allow for folding. Many play yards sold in the 1990s had rails that could collapse suddenly at the hinges, forming a steep V-shaped angle that put ...
- CPSC, Graco Children's Products Announce New Safety Instructions To Prevent...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire September 24, 2003 700+ words
...in these portable play yards when the changing...changing table and the play yard rail, causing a strangulation...n Play" portable play yards with raised changing...on the side of the play yard. These play yards have model numbers...
- Kolcraft Recalls 1 Million Play Yards Due to Fall Hazard.
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire July 9, 2009 700+ words
...lower side of the play yards. Jeep Sahara, Jeep Sahara SE Play Yard, Jeep Sahara...top rail of the play yards. Contours 2...Contours 3-in-1 Play Yard, Contours Deluxe...lower side of the play yards. Care Bear Play Yard; 18960-KK Eric...
- Kolcraft Recalls Play Yards After the Death of a 10-Month-Old Child.
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire September 28, 2007 700+ words
...Beginnings" Travel Play Yard where the child...different Kolcraft play yards are included in this recall. All of the play yards have raised changing...to a child in the play yard. In addition to...the feet of the play yard. They were manufactured in China. ...
- Eddie Bauer Play Yards with Rocking Bassinets Recalled by Dorel Juvenile Group...
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire May 14, 2009 700+ words
...CPSC: Eddie Bauer Play Yards with Rocking Bassinets...Soothe & Sway Play Yards Units: About 71...Ind. Hazard: The play yard's rocking bassinet...amp; Sway portable play yards. The convertible play yard has a bassinet and...
- Playing Clean - New Play Yard Covers Help Protect Against Germs.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire August 25, 2009 700+ words
...has introduced a line of playful play yard slipcovers that fit snugly over most portable play yards protecting the surface from germs...protected area, but inevitably, the play yard will bear the brunt of messes and...
- Chicco expands offerings with first carseat, play yard.(News Watch)(Brief...
- Magazine article from: Home Accents Today June 1, 2004 700+ words
...showed prototypes of its first carseat and play yard last month. The new Ct 0.2 carseat...Chicco also expanded into the world of play yards, launching the Lullaby LX Play Yard at JPMA. The play yard features a quilted mattress, removable...
- Infant's death triggers recall: 400,000 play yards involved; replacement rail...
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) September 28, 2007 700+ words
...flaws. The Kolcraft play yards were recalled in...Beginnings travel play yard, according to a...to the top of the play yard, according to the...hazard, one of the play yards -- the Contours 3-in-1 play yard -- also has a suffocation...
- Kolcraft Recalls 1 Million Play Yards Due to Fall Hazard
- Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire July 8, 2009 700+ words
...Bear and Eric Carle Play Yards Units:About 1...Ill. Hazard:The play yard's side rail can...of sides of the play yard collapsing unexpectedly...Kolcraft Travelin' Tot play yards, as well as other...are 3-in-1 Play Yard, ZP001-MYS printed...side of the Yard ...
