Product Recall Number: 12-019
Why was Microfiber Glider Recliners with Ottomans and Leather Glider Recliners with Ottomans recalled?
An exposed gap between the moving parts of the chair and the base framework can allow access to toddlers and infants, posing an entrapment hazard. In addition, other exposed moving parts on the chair and the ottoman can pose finger pinching and crushing hazards to older children and adults.
Product Recall Number: 12-019
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2011-10-24
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: Microfiber Glider Recliners with Ottomans and Leather Glider Recliners with Ottomans
Description: An exposed gap between the moving parts of the chair and the base framework can allow access to toddlers and infants. In addition, other exposed moving parts on the chair and the ottoman can pose finger pinching and crushing hazards.
Hazard Description: An exposed gap between the moving parts of the chair and the base framework can allow access to toddlers and infants, posing an entrapment hazard. In addition, other exposed moving parts on the chair and the ottoman can pose finger pinching and crushing hazards to older children and adults.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: None Listed
Units: About 375,000
Incidents: CPSC received two reports of children under age two who were found trapped at the neck between horizontal components of the frame at the back of the chair. In both incidents, adults were able to release the children who suffered no permanent injuries.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the chairs and contact Big Lots for a free repair kit that covers the base framework and the moving parts of the chair and ottoman.
Sold At: Big Lots stores nationwide from January 2005 through December 2009 for about $170.
Importers: None Listed
Manufacturers: None Listed
Distributors: None Listed
Manufactured In: China
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed