CPSC, Baseline Design Announce Recall of Bean Bag Chairs
CPSC recall 02539. Recall date: . Last publish date of the CPSC notice: .
Hazard, in the words of CPSC
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, in the words of CPSC
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.
CPSC recall 02539 has the recall date 8 May 2002. The notice names the firm Baseline Design. The recall has about 30,000 units. The median CPSC recall of 2002 has 12,000 units. This register puts the recall under 2 hazards. The first is Strangulation. CPSC gives the product type Bean Bag Chairs.
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More of the notice
The hazard and the remedy are at the top of the page. Each quotation is the text of CPSC.
| 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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| Units | 30,000 |
| 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. |
| Product | Bean bag chairs, About 30,000, Bean Bag Chairs |
| Sold at | Walmart stores sold the bean bag chairs nationwide, from September 1999 through December 1999, for about $30. |
| Manufacturer | Baseline Design |
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The recall in context
- Units in this recall
- 30,000Median of 2002: 12,000
- CPSC recalls of 2002
- 256
- Recalls of 2002 with one of the same hazards
- 0%
- Recalls of 2002 in the category Bean Bag Chairs
- 0%
- Recalls on the register that name Baseline Design
- 2
Other recalls of the firm
| Date | Recall |
|---|---|
| 28 Jan 2003 | CPSC Announces Recall of Baseline Design Beanbag Chairs |
Official channels
- CPSC recall notice 02539The notice on the CPSC site, with the pictures and the contact of the firm.
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Recall Register. CPSC recall 02539. https://recallregister.com/product/2261-cpsc-baseline-design-announce-recall-of-bean-bag-chairs/. Source: CPSC Recall Retrieval Web Services. Data through .
Sources
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- US Consumer Product Safety Commission
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- Data retrieved
- 30 Sep 2026
- Newest CPSC recall on the register
- 24 Sep 2026
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Questions
- Does CPSC recall 02539 report injuries?
- The CPSC notice says:
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.
- Where was the product sold?
- The CPSC notice says:
Walmart stores sold the bean bag chairs nationwide, from September 1999 through December 1999, for about $30.
- How many units are in CPSC recall 02539?
- The CPSC notice gives this number:
About 30,000
- How many CPSC recalls name Baseline Design?
- 2 CPSC recalls on this register name Baseline Design. This recall is 1 of them.