Babies sit inside the playring, which is used as an activity center and looks like a pool float.
When a baby leans his face against the side of the playring, the soft surface covers the baby's nose and mouth, restricting airflow and posing the risk of suffocation. The baby was removed from the playring without injury. CPSC is aware of infant suffocation deaths when their airflow is restricted from contact with soft surfaces. The cloth covering features eight activities for babies, including a boat rattle, a mirror flower, a soft teether on a puppy's collar, a butterfly and a squeak ball and fish. They are sold with plastic foot pumps for inflating the playrings.