Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Swing Sets Recalled by Adventure Playsets due to Fall Hazard


WASHINGTON, June 29, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.


Trevor Williams, chief economist for Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets, said the survey suggested that the Uk would come out of its "economic soft patch" in the second half of the year.CPSC is still interested in receiving incident or injury reports that are either directly related to this product recall or involve a different hazard with the same product. Please tell us about it by visiting www.saferproducts.gov.Considered the finest work of designer Tom Fazio, Wade Hampton is revered for its beauty and harmonious mountain setting in Cashiers, North Carolina. Named "Best New Private Course for 1987" by Golf Digest magazine, Wade Hampton is one of only three courses built in the last 50 years in the magazine's top 20 courses in the United States. The prestigious enclave is the top ranked mountain golf course in the world on GOLF magazine's Top 100 list.Full Swing Golf simulators -- featuring a state-of-the-art infrared tracking system that delivers incredibly accurate ball flight data and the most realistic indoor golf experience in the game -- incorporate life-like, fluid environments to reproduce some of the finest championship courses in the world.With a history of 50 Major Championships and (10) 2011 PGA TOUR stops being played on Full Swing's current library of courses, Wade Hampton is yet another perfect addition to the growing list of courses that the company replicates.SOURCE U.S. Consumer Product Safety CommissionConsumer Contact: For additional information, contact Adventure Playsets toll free at (877) 840-9068 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. CT Monday through Friday, visit the firm's website at www.recall.adventureplaysets.com, or email the firm at custservice@adventureplayets.com.(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20030904/USCSCLOGO )"We are very proud to enter an exclusive licensing agreement with Wade Hampton Golf Club, one of the premier mountain courses in the world," said Brian Arnold, Senior Vice-President of Full Swing Golf. "Having the course on our golf simulator is a great addition to our course library and a great value to our customers."Units: Approximately 240,000; a number of these products were recalled in November 2009 for a similar hazard (LINK: http://www.cpsc.gov/CPSCPUB/PREREL/prhtml10/10029.html), which listed 275,000 playsets in the U.S. and 6,800 in Canada.Contact: Dave Bradfield Email Contact 858.675.1100 http://twitter.com/fullswinggolfName of product: Adventure Playsets Wooden Swing SetsTo report a dangerous product or a product-related injury go online to www.SaferProducts.gov, call CPSC's Hotline at (800) 638-2772 or teletypewriter at (800) 638-8270 for the hearing impaired. Consumers can obtain this news release and recall information at www.cpsc.gov. To join a free e-mail subscription list, please go to www.cpsc.gov/cpsclist.aspx.> Firm's Recall Hotline: (877) 840-9068 CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772 CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908Some 51% of companies polled said they were more optimistic about economic prospects than three months ago while only 15% said they were less optimistic - resulting in a balance of plus 36%. That is an improvement of 22% on the May figure.

SOURCE U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission




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