The Recall Desk
SevereCPSC·90077·Announced 1990-04-19

Fourth Little Pig Baby-Minder Bean Bag Infant Cushions Recalled for Suffocation Risk

Fourth Little Pig is recalling Baby-Minder bean bag infant cushions due to a suffocation risk. Consumers are urged to stop using and discard the products immediately.

What this means for you

Illness, injury, or structural failure has been reported. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.

Our severity reasoning: The recall involves a suffocation hazard with reported fatalities (19 infants) on similar products, meeting the rubric criteria for 'Severe' (significant injury/property-damage reports or structural defect risk).

Plain-English summary

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Fourth Little Pig are voluntarily recalling Baby-Minder bean bag infant cushions because of a suffocation risk. The product is a fabric-covered, polystyrene pellet-filled cushion with restraining straps intended for use with infants. The manufacturer's name and address, along with patent and registry numbers, appear on a paper tag stitched into a seam of the product, and the Fourth Little Pig name is on a smaller tag containing washing instructions.

Although no deaths have been reported involving the Baby-Minder specifically, the CPSC has received reports of 19 infants being found dead lying face down on similar products made by other firms. Approximately 3,000 Baby-Minder cushions have been sold since 1985 for approximately $40 each. The firm is out of business.

The CPSC staff urges consumers who own these products to stop using them immediately. Consumers should discard or destroy these products.

The recalled product

Product
Fourth Little Pig Baby-Minder bean bag infant cushions
Manufacturer
Fourth Little Pig
Category
Consumer Product — Infant Products
Hazard

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

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