CPSC, Baseline Design Announce Recall of Bean Bag Chairs
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recall (2002-05-08). Hazards: strangulation, suffocation. About 30,000 units in the US.
| Agency | U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission |
|---|---|
| Recall number | 02539 |
| Published | 2002-05-08 |
| Last updated | 2025-11-07 |
| Product category | Bean Bag Chairs |
| Products | Bean bag chairs |
| Firm named in the title | Baseline Design |
| Firms | Baseline Design, of Linwood, Pa. (manufacturer) |
| Units (US) | 30,000 |
| Hazard classes | strangulation, suffocation |
| Remedy classes | replace, inspect |
| Sold | 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.
Hazard
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.
Remedy
Consumers should inspect their bean bag chairs. If the zippers can be opened freely, Baseline Design will provide owners with a free replacement bean bag chair with zippers that do not open.
Incidents and injuries
Baseline Design is aware of three incidents in which the zippers opened freely. Two of the incidents involved young children, who were able to open the bean bag chair zippers, and gain excess to the small polystyrene beads.
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