Baseline Design · Recalled
CPSC, Baseline Design Announce Recall of Bean Bag Chairs
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.
- Units
- About 30,000
- Reports
- 3
- Injuries
- —
- Deaths
- —
- Price
- $30
- Remedy
- See notice
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Affected
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.
The file
- Sold at
- Walmart stores sold the bean bag chairs nationwide, from September 1999 through December 1999, for about $30.
- Product type
- Bean Bag Chairs
- Made in
- Not stated
- Recalled by
- Baseline Design, of Linwood, Pa.
Incident log
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.
What the notice says to do
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.
For more information and instructions consumers should call Baseline Design toll-free at (800) 497-3626, Monday through Friday, 8 am to 5 pm, EST or visit the firm's website at www.foamex.com
Recall notice published by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. This site is independent: always confirm on the official notice before acting.
Notice first dated MAY 08 2002; last revised NOV 07 2025.