CPSC, Baseline Design Announce Recall of Bean Bag Chairs
CPSC Recall1 injuries · 2002-05-08 · 02539
Hazards
The bean bags contain small polystyrene beads that present suffocation and strangulation hazards to young children who may inhale the small beads. The recalled bean bag chairs have zippers that were not properly sealed to prevent young children from opening the bean bag chairs and being exposed to the small beads.
Recall
Number
02539
Date
2002-05-08
Injuries reported
1
Products
Names
Bean bag chairs
Companies
Manufacturer(s)
Baseline Design, of Linwood, Pa.
Retailer(s)
Walmart stores sold the bean bag chairs nationwide, from September 1999 through December 1999, for about $30.
Description
The bean bag chairs are designed with 12-inch double zippers in various types of motifs: a smiley face, a football-shape, a baseball-shape, a basketball-shape, and solid neon green, yellow, pink and blue neon colors.