CPSC, Lifetime Products Inc. and Escalade Sports Announce Recall to Repair Portable Basketball Hoops

Recall at a glance

What was recalled

All Lifetime portable basketball system models, except the "Quick Court" are included in the recall. The Escalade Sports basketball hoop models included in the recall are the Harvard, The Big Easy, B3100, B3301, B3302, B3303, B3304, B3305, B3306, B3403, B3500, Spalding, The Big Easy B3402 and Apex B9995, Mini Court, Alley Court. These portable basketball hoops come unassembled with a flat plastic base that is weighted down by either sand or water that is added during assembly. The basketball poles are made of black metal. The brand names or model names may appear on the backboard, main pole or the flat plastic base of the basketball hoops.

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• Portable basketball hoops · About 1.7 million Lifetime portable hoops, and about 16,000 Escalade portable hoops units

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Where it was sold

Companies named in the notice: Sporting goods, department and toy stores, including Wal-Mart, Kmart, Target and Toys R Us nationwide sold the Lifetime basketball hoops, between January 1994 and July 2000, and the Escalade Sports basketball hoops, between March 1994 and December 2001, for between $80 and $500.; Lifetime Products Inc., of Clearfield, Utah; Escalade Sports, of Evansville, Ind..

Injuries or incidents reported

CPSC and Lifetime Products Inc. have received 27 reports of injuries and Escalade Sports has received one report of injury from the basketball hoop bolt. Injuries include scrapes, deep lacerations and bruises. Several consumers required stitches for their injuries. Players have been cut when they bump into the pole as they drive toward the basket.

Consumer contact

Consumers can contact Lifetime Products Inc. at (800) 225-3865 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. MT or 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. CT Monday through Friday. Escalade Sports can be reached at (800) 467-1397 between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. CT Monday through Friday.

Recall history and context

Lifetime Products appears in 3 CPSC recalls on record. See all Lifetime Products recalls.

Since 2019 CPSC has recorded 399 recalls in the other consumer products category, 68 recalls of them in the past 12 months.

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