Bean Bag Chairs

CPSC product category · 8 recalls · 0.1% of the register · about 192,400 units

8 CPSC recalls on this register (0.1% of 10,027) are filed under Bean Bag Chairs, most in 2002 (1). Together they cover about 192,400 units; the median recall lists 30,000.

The hazards mentioned most often are suffocation, poisoning and strangulation.

Hazards cited

Firms named most often

Firm	Recalls
Design Ideas	1

Recalls by year

CPSC recalls in Bean Bag Chairs by year announced.

Median units per recall: 30,000 (all recalls: 8,800).

Most recent recalls

Date	Recall	Firm	Hazard	Units	No.
19 Dec 2014	Comfort Research Recalls Vinyl Bean Bag Chairs Due to Risk of Entrapment, Suffocation	Comfort Research	Choking, Suffocation, Entrapment	125,000	15053
16 May 2013	Powell Company Recalls Anywhere Lounger Bean Bag Chairs Due to Suffocation and Strangulation Hazards	L. Powell Acquisition	Strangulation, Suffocation, Poisoning	6,300	13194
11 Oct 2005	CPSC, Design Ideas Ltd. Announce Recall of Bean Bag Furniture Sets	Design Ideas	Suffocation, Poisoning	1,100	06005
28 Jan 2003	CPSC Announces Recall of Baseline Design Beanbag Chairs	Baseline Design	Suffocation	30,000	03076
8 May 2002	CPSC, Baseline Design Announce Recall of Bean Bag Chairs	Baseline Design	Strangulation, Suffocation	30,000	02539
2 Apr 1996	CPSC, Meri-Jon Artist Colony Announce Recall to Repair Bean Bag Chairs	CPSC, Meri-Jon Artist Colony Announce	Suffocation	—	96093
7 Jul 1995	CPSC And Five Manufacturers Recall Bean Bag Chairs	Golden Needle	Suffocation	—	95142
1 Dec 1994	CPSC, Baseline Design Recall Bean Bag Chair Following Death	Crain Industries	Suffocation	—	95038

Questions and answers

How many CPSC recalls are there for Bean Bag Chairs?

8 on this register (0.1% of 10,027), covering about 192,400 units; the median recall lists 30,000 units.

What hazards are cited for Bean Bag Chairs?

suffocation (8), poisoning (2), strangulation (2), choking (1).

Where does the category come from?

It is the product type CPSC assigns to the first product in each recall record. Records without a product type (mostly before 2010) are not in any category.

Provenance

Source: US Consumer Product Safety Commission Recall Retrieval Web Services, public domain, retrieved 29 Sep 2026; latest record dated 24 Sep 2026. See the methodology.