This just isn’t IKEA’s year.
Late last Thursday, IKEA announced that it was recalling 80,000 of its PATRULL, PATRULL FAST, and PATRULL KLÄMMA safety gates and safety gate extensions due to a faulty locking mechanism.
According to the recall release published on the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s website, the locking mechanism that keeps the gate in place can open unexpectedly and pose a serious fall hazard to young children.
IKEA has already received 55 reports of such incidents occurring worldwide, with 10 of them involving injuries like concussions, cuts, and bruising. Four of those incidents were reported in the U.S.
Below are the model and article numbers for the recalled gates. If you believe you own one, take a look at label on the bottom of your gate and use this list to cross-reference:
- PATRULL safety gate.
- Article Number: 702.390.98
- PATRULL safety gate extension.
- Article Number: 602.651.44
- PATRULL FAST safety gate (white).
- Article Numbers: 700.377.26 and 702.265.19
- PATRULL FAST safety gate (beech wood).
- Article Numbers: 300.375.68, 700.989.51, 701.135.98, and 901.919.53
- PATRULL KLÄMMA safety gate.
- Article Number: 302.265.21
- PATRULL KLÄMMA safety gate extension.
- Article Numbers: 302.651.45 and 902.265.23
Here are the descriptions of the recalled items that the U.S. C.P.S.C. provided:
“This recall involves IKEA PATRULL, PATRULL FAST and PATRULL KLÄMMA safety gates and safety gate extensions. The gates and gate extensions are white, made of beech wood or steel and plastic. The pressure-mounted gates open both inward and outward. They measure about 28 ¾ inches high with an adjustable width from about 28 ¾ inches to 34 ¼ inches. The gate extensions measure about 28 ¾ inches high with an adjustable width from about 2 ½ inches to 5 inches.”
Any consumers who have one of these recalled items are encouraged to stop using the gates immediately and return them for a full refund. You can read more about the recall in this article from CNN.
