Product Recall Number: 12241
Why was Patio Bistro Sets recalled?
When the chair support bar is not fully engaged, the chair poses a fall hazard to a consumer who sits in the partially engaged chair.
Product Recall Number: 12241
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2012-08-01
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: Patio Bistro Sets
Description: If the support bar on the sets' folding chairs is not fully engaged, the chair can collapse. Consumers have reported minor injuries from falls from chairs.
Hazard Description: When the chair support bar is not fully engaged, the chair poses a fall hazard to a consumer who sits in the partially engaged chair.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: New Instructions
Units: About 16,400
Incidents: The firm has received thirteen reports of consumers who fell from partially opened chairs, resulting in reports of back injuries, contusions and scrapes.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled chairs and contact Midas Lin for a new set of warning labels and supplemental instructions for the chairs. Do not return the product to the store.
Sold At: Lowe's stores nationwide from August 2011 through February 2012 for about $98 for the set.
Importers: L G Sourcing, Inc., of North Wilkesboro, N.C.
Manufacturers: Midas Lin Company Ltd., of China
Distributors: None Listed
Manufactured In: China
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed