IKEA Recalls Crib Mattresses Due to Risk of Entrapment

By Linda Bock (Patch Staff)

IKEA is recalling the VYSSA crib mattress due to risk of entrapment. The crib mattresses could create a gap between the mattress and crib ends larger than allowed by federal regulations, posing an entrapment hazard to infants, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

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Approximately 169,000 mattresses have been recalled.

This recall involves IKEA VYSSA style crib mattresses with the following five model names: VACKERT, VINKA, SPELEVINK, SLÖA and SLUMMER. The involved mattresses were manufactured on May 4, 2014 or earlier. An identification label attached to the mattress cover has the date of manufacture in Month-DD-YYYY format and the VYSSA model name. A gap between the mattress and crib ends larger than two finger width is an indication of the defective mattress.

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The firm has received two reports of infants becoming entrapped between the mattress and an end of the crib. The children were removed from the gap without injury, according to product safety officials.

Consumers should inspect the recalled mattress by making sure there is no gap larger than the width of two fingers between the ends of the crib and the mattress, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. If any gap is larger, customers should immediately stop using the recalled mattresses and return it to any IKEA store for an exchange or a full refund.

The crib mattresses are sold exclusively at IKEA stores nationwide and online atwww.ikea-usa.com from August 2010 to May 2014 for about $100.

Contact IKEA toll-free at (888) 966-4532, or online at www.ikea-usa.com and click on the recall link at the top of the page for more information. The recall date was Jan. 13, and the recall number is: 15-059.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products under the agency’s jurisdiction.

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