Bean bag chairs are a popular type of chair manufactured from vinyl or leather material. They contain small pieces of Styrofoam or PVC pellets inside the bag. When a person sits in the chair, the outer material shapes around the body. Bean bag chairs were particularly popular during the 1960s and 1970s, but slowly began to fade out during the next decade. Their attractiveness resumed in the mid 1990s as newer, more comfortable versions of the popular chair emerged onto the market. Bean bag chairs are commonly used as a comfortable and fun means of lounging or relaxing. The filling used in bean bag chairs varies from small pellets to shredded bits of polyurethane foam. Generally, the beads used to fill a bean bag chair are approximately 3-9 mm in diameter. However, micro-beads have now been introduced onto the market. These tiny bean bag chair beans can be as small as 1 mm in diameter. A suffocation and choking hazard exists as a result of children unzipping the bean bag chairs and playing with the filling fibers, or crawling inside of the bag.
In addition, inappropriately zippered bean bag chairs may release fibrous filling which can present a choking or asphyxiation danger. Bean bag chairs not meeting Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) standard regulations are subject to recall. CPSC standard regulations for bean bag chairs were put into effect in November 1996. The CPSC requires that all bean bag chairs available on the market be modified in an effort to prevent young children from opening the zipper and gaining access to the fibrous materials inside. Any bean bag chair that is capable of being refilled must possess a zipper with a lock that can only be opened with a special tool. All other chairs must either have a disabled zipper or no zipper at all. Permanent warning labels must also be present on bean bag chairs. In an effort to ensure that proper, sturdy fabrics that will not easily rip or tear are used in the creation of the bag, further CPSC standards require durability tests on the materials used in the manufacturing of bean bag chairs.
At least five deaths related to bean bag chairs were reported to the CPSC by 1995, prior to the government regulations set forth in 1996. The deaths occurred when children unzipped the chairs and crawled inside. The small, fibrous pellets were inhaled, causing asphyxiation resulting in death. At least 27 other incidences where children have choked on the pellets were also reported prior to CPSC standards. In July 1995, as part of an ongoing investigation concerning bean bag chairs, five manufacturers of the chairs announced a voluntary recall of more than 140,000 bean bag chairs. Prior to this, more than 12 million bean bag chairs were included by 10 other manufacturers. The five companies included in the voluntary recall in July 1995 include: B.A.T, Golden Needle co., Holbrook-Patterson, Inc., Lazy Bean, and Lewco Corp. The bean bag chairs involved in the recall were sold at specialty stores, educational supply companies, and through catalogs between 1989 and 1995. Thirty thousand bean bag chairs manufactured by Baseline Design of Linwood, Pennsylvania, were recalled as a result of suffocation and strangulation hazards.
Three reports were received noting young children opening the zipper on the bean bag chair easily and freely. One child inhaled the beads and required medical attention. The beanbag chairs were sold at Wal-mart stores nationwide from September 1999 to December 1999. Motifs included a football shape, baseball shape, basketball shape, a smiley face, and solid neon colors in green, yellow, blue, and pink. The bean bag chairs had a 12-inch double zipper, and contained small polystyrene beads that posed a choking and strangulation hazard.The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Ace Bayou Corp. are voluntarily recalling about 2.2 million bean bag chairs following the deaths of two children. The chairs come in a variety of sizes, shapes, colors and fabrics and are filled with polystyrene foam beads. Two children, a 13-year-old boy from McKinney, Texas, and a 3-year-old girl from Lexington, Kentucky, died after they crawled inside the chairs and suffocated.The chairs have two zippers and are round or L-shaped.
Consumers should check their bean bag chairs for any zippers that can open, take the chairs away from children immediately and contact Ace Bayou for a free repair kit to permanently disable the zippers. Cartoon Water Bottles Recalled Over Laceration Risk #Recall of 2.2 million Ace Bayou bean bag chairs. Two kids died from #suffocation. /hBIb4SfLPO— U.S. CPSC (@USCPSC) August 22, 2014 Do you have an Ace Bayou bean bag chair? #/InrINKBuvR— U.S. CPSC (@USCPSC) August 22, 2014How do I get the bean bag cover off the chair? Our removable covers come complete with an inner liner made from 50/50 poly/cotton blend and are made with a extra long zipper opening that allows you to open the bottom like a trash can lid if you will and slide the bean bag out with ease. Washing your bean bag cover has never been easier.Is my bean bag chair safe for my child to use? Your bean bag chair IS safe for your child to use. We recommend that as in any product concerning a small child be supervised.
We take great pride in our safety patch system. We have come up with a market setting patch for all of our bean bags. We have a patch that is located at the exact area the bean bag chair is closed. Extending several inches this patch makes it impossible for the child to open the bean bag furniture, thus keeping him or her away from the polystyrene bead that are enclosed inside. our children furniture and bean bags but on ALL our bean bag chairs. What are my bean bag chairs made of? King BeanyTM has the best materials available today at our disposal to make your bean bag the best it can possibly be. 14 oz denim (just like that old pair of blue jeans you love so much), 14 oz Brushed Cotton materials, Real Faux Fur, and Real Hand Die Dye bean bagThey also use the best quality vinyls available. different types of vinyl bean bag chairs. Our Shiny Vinyl and Our Classic Vinyl. How do I Refill my Bean Bag Chair? We offer refill packs for all the fills we use in the chairs.
not throw out the bead that is already in there simply purchase a refill pack and add some to the bean bag until it is refreshed and full like the first day you purchased your bean bag chair. King BeanyTM offers the highest quality bean bag chairs atAll of the components that go into your bean bag chairs are of the highest quality. We use only 14 oz first rate denim straightOur velvet and vinyls are some of the most durable and pliable materials on the market today. All ofour brushed cotton bean bag chairs are overdyed from 100% cotton raw state. When you overdye a bean bag chair from a pure cotton "PFD" (Prepared For Dye) state the results are deep rich colors; and with our special softeners added, the finished product is the brightest, richest and softest bean bag chair you have ever felt. This is the way we produce all of our Brushed Cotton bean bag chairs. All of our tie dyed bean bag chairs areAgain, we take a 100% bean bag chair in the natural
or "PFD" state and have it hand tied and dyed for a rich original color in each bean bag chair. Don't settle for flimsy pre dyed denims and tie dyed materials when you can have hand tie dyed and bona fide overdyed bean bag chairs from King BeanyTM. This picture illustrates the simplicity of removing a King BeanyTM bean bag chair cover. Our removable cover bean bag chairs have zippers at the bottom of the bean bag which encompasses three-quarters of the bottom circle, enabling you to open the bean bag chair and remove the inner linerOur small bean bag chair has a 42" zipper and our large bean bag chair has a 59" zipper, both on the bottom circle. Our removable cover bean bag chairs come complete with an inner liner that is made from a 8 1/2 ozEven our liners have a zipper, making adding and removing beads to your bean bag chair a quick and painless process. Our small bean bag chair measures 31" wide by 33" deep and 20" tall;