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Jo-Ann Stores Recalls SmartSpace Papasan Chairs

September 24, 2008
Jo-Ann Fabric & Craft Stores Inc. is recalling about 6,000 SmartSpace Papasan chairs. The chairs were sold without a warning label instructing consumers to lock the chair's legs before sitting. This poses a fall hazard to consumers.

Jo-Ann has received five reports of chairs collapsing when the legs were not locked. No injuries have been reported.

This recall involves the SmartSpace Papasan chair. The silver metal frame chair has a circular fabric seat that sits on a 10-inch-tall base. The fabric seat used with the papasan chairs were sold in purple, pacific, lime yellow and gray. A hangtag on the chair reads 'Smartspace Papasan Chair 1 piece.

The chairs, made in China, were sold at Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft stores nationwide from June 2008 through September 2008 for about $25.

Consumers should immediately stop using the chair until a warning label, instructing consumers to engage the legs in the locked position before use, has been obtained from Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores.

For additional information, contact Jo-Ann Stores at (888) 739-4120 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or send an email to guest.services@joann.com.

The recall is being conducted in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).

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