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Children's Lawn Chair Recalled by Actional Industries

CPSC recall 87027. Recall date: . Last publish date of the CPSC notice: .

Hazard, in the words of CPSC

Collapse

CPSC recall 87027 has the recall date 23 Apr 1987. The notice names the firm Action Industries. The CPSC record gives no number of units. CPSC gives the product type Chairs, Stools & Benches.

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CPSC recall 87027: incidents, units, products and firms
UnitsThe CPSC record gives no number
Description
Children's Lawn Chair Recalled by Actional Industries NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 23, 1987 Release # 87-027 Children's Lawn Chair Being Recalled WASHINGTON, DC -- In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Action Industries, Inc., of Cheswick, Pennsylvania today announced a voluntary recall of a child's folding lawn chair because in some instances children's fingers may become caught when the chairs are collapsed. The chairs were imported from Italy until 1985 and were distributed, primarily through national chain stores, from late 1982 through early 1986. The chair is a child-sized folding lawn chair with an aluminum - square tubular frame, white plastic armrests, and a fabric seat and back with a rainbow-striped design or a clown design on red or blue back- ground. Embossed on the top of both white plastic armrests are the words "Lerolin Thiene (1) made in Italy." The distributor estimates that in excess of 64,000 of the chairs are still in use. Twenty-two incidents have been reported in which children's fingers became caught when the chair…
ProductChairs, Stools & Benches
ProductLerolin Thiene children's folding lawn chair
ManufacturerAction Industries
Made inItaly

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The recall in context

Units in this recall
not givenMedian of 1987: not given
CPSC recalls of 1987
49
Recalls of 1987 with one of the same hazards
20%
Recalls of 1987 in the category Chairs, Stools & Benches
4%
Recalls on the register that name Action Industries
1

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Recall Register. CPSC recall 87027. https://recallregister.com/product/4695-children-s-lawn-chair-recalled-by-actional-industries/. Source: CPSC Recall Retrieval Web Services. Data through .

Sources

Source
US Consumer Product Safety Commission
Licence
US government work, public domain
Data retrieved
30 Sep 2026
Newest CPSC recall on the register
24 Sep 2026

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Questions

Does CPSC recall 87027 report injuries?
The CPSC record of recall 87027 has no incident or injury text.
Where was the product made?
The CPSC notice gives: Italy