Legal news for New York Product Liability lawyers– Office Depot and U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recalls chairs due to falling hazard.
Washington, D.C. (NewYorkInjuryNews.com) – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) www.CPSC.gov in cooperation with Raynor Marketing recalls Quantum Office Chairs due to a potential cause of injury October 16, 2009.
The voluntary recall of the office chairs were exclusively sold at Office Depot Stores. Consumers who purchased the chairs are advised to stop use immediately and unless they are informed of otherwise.
The products that have been recalled is the Multifunction Mesh Chair with Headrest and the Quantum Realspace PRO 9000 Series Mid-Back Multifunction Mesh Chair. Both have been reported to malfunction when in use. Close to 150,000 chairs have been manufactured or purchased by consumers.
The chairs were imported through the Raynor Marketing LTD, located in West Hempstead, New York. The defective product was manufactured by Comfort Furniture, LTD, China.
The potential health threat that that usage of the chairs pose is that the seatback of the chairs bolts can become loose and detach. This created a possible fall hazard for consumers. There have been 33 reports of injury due to the product’s seat detaching while in use. Fourteen of the injuries involved bruising and bumps.
In order for the consumer to identify whether they may own one of these defective products, a description of the chairs is as followed: Quantum Realspace PRO™ 9000 Series Mesh Chair with Headrest SKU # 690690, Quantum Realspace PRO™ 9000 Series Mid-Back Multifunction Mesh Chair SKU # 510830. The “sister chair” Realspace PRO Mesh Guest Chair was not involved in the recall.
The defective chairs were only sold at Office Depot stores across the United States and were available on the web at www.OfficeDepot.com from May 2006 through August 2009. They sold for the price of $300- $350 per chair.
Consumers are encouraged to stop use immediately and to contact Raynor to be sent a free repair kit at their toll free number (866) 244-8180 or visit them on the web at www.Quantumchair.com/recall.
Bridget Hom
NewYorkInjuryNews.com
