Due to reports of metal wear and tear causing breakages of the product, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a voluntary recall of the First Fitness Trampolines with Handlebars earlier this month.
The trampolines were called into question when four reports were received by the toy's manufacturer, Aqua-Leisure Industries Inc., of Avon, Mass., since it began sales in September 2010. The reports noted that the handlebars attached to the trampoline broke away from the metal connection joint during its usage, according to a press release issued by the CPSC on May 17, 2012. Luckily, no injuries were sustained as a result of the broken material from the 40,000 trampoline sets previously built for market sales.
The hazard called into question included "metal fatigue" that could case the handlebar to break away during use, which may have posed a risk of laceration from exposed metal surfaces or other injury from a fall, according to the press release.
Details on the built of the trampoline, manufactured in China and previously sold at a retail price between $45 and $70, were listed in the CPSC press release: The child-size toy trampolines have a red and blue metal handlebar, a blue nylon deck guard and a black jumping deck. "First Fitness" is embossed on the jumping deck in white letters. The trampolines can be identified by model number FF-6902TR and Toys R Us SKN 491463. The model and store numbers can be found on the lower right corner of the back of the packaging. A sewn-in tag on the bottom of the deck lists the factory date code of five numbers followed by "GLTX."
First Fitness Trampolines with Handlebars were sold exclusively at Toys "R" Us from September 2010, and sales halted in April 2012 when the product's safety was put into question. The CPSC stated that consumers should take the trampoline away from children using it as a safety precaution and call Aqua-Leisure for a refund; the government agency stressed that the selling of recalled products was illegal under federal law.
