Jo-Ann Fabric & Craft Stores · Recalled
Jo-Ann Fabric & Craft Stores Recall SmartSpace Chairs Due to Fall Hazard
The chairs were sold without a warning label instructing consumers to lock the chair's legs before sitting. This poses a fall hazard to consumers.
- Units
- About 6,000
- Reports
- 5
- Injuries
- —
- Deaths
- 0
- Price
- $25
- Remedy
- See notice
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Affected
This recall involves the SmartSpace™ Papasan chair. The silver metal frame chair has a circular fabric seat that sits on a 10-inch-tall base. The fabric seat used with the papasan chairs were sold in purple, pacific, lime yellow and gray. A hangtag on the chair reads "Smartspace Papasan Chair - 1 piece."
The file
- Sold at
- Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft stores nationwide from June 2008 through September 2008 for about $25.
- Product type
- Chairs, Stools & Benches
- Made in
- China
- Recalled by
- Jo-Ann Stores Inc., of Hudson, Ohio
Incident log
Jo-Ann has received five reports of chairs collapsing when the legs were not locked. No injuries have been reported.
What the notice says to do
Consumers should immediately stop using the chair until a warning label, instructing consumers to engage the legs in the locked position before use, has been obtained from Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores.
For additional information, contact Jo-Ann Stores at (888) 739-4120 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or send an email to guest.services@joann.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 SEP 24 2008; last revised MAY 23 2014.