EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Hobby/sports equipment
Swim-seat “HaiZhiLan - Swim Boat” — risk: drowning
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/1888/14
Summary
null The valve of the swim-seat is not a non-return valve.This means that air can leak causing the seat to deflate with a risk of drowning for the user.The product does not comply with the relevant European standard EN 13138.
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Product
Swim-seat
- Name / model
- HaiZhiLan - Swim Boat · Item № XL-0115
- Batch number(s)
- 6915574401150
- Category
- Hobby/sports equipment
- Child's inflatable swim-seat, in blue colour, with yellow handles on both sides. On the front there is a bird’s head with a yellow beak and two eyes; at the back there are inflatable, plastic feathers. The product is packed in a single polyethylene packaging.
What is the risk?
- null The valve of the swim-seat is not a non-return valve.This means that air can leak causing the seat to deflate with a risk of drowning for the user.The product does not comply with the relevant European standard EN 13138.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: OtherCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market
- Date of entry into force: 16/10/2014
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