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Human Touch Recalls Perfect Chair to Fix Screw Drive Due to Entanglement Hazard

Home product recall 09-730. Announced by CPSC on Mar 18, 2009.

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CPSC’s own notice, on cpsc.gov

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The short answer

Announced by CPSC on Mar 18, 2009. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.

Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.

What’s wrong with it?

The screw on the underside of the Perfect Chair recliner can cut or entangle children or pets.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

What should you do?

Consumers should inspect the chair immediately and to see if it has the ‘open screw’ or ‘dual cover screw,’ centered directly beneath the chair. Consumers should stop using these chairs if children or pets are present and contact either Human Touch or a Human Touch dealer for a free screw cover kit.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

  • How to reach the firm: For more information, contact Human Touch toll-free at (800) 355-2762 between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. PT Monday through Friday or online at www.humantouch.com/pcrecall.html

Which ones are recalled?

This recall involves chair model numbers PC-095, PC-3, PC-7, and PC-9 that have an “open screw” drive or a “dual cover” screw drive and that were sold prior to September 2007. Screws that are fully covered (the “quad cover”) are not subject to this recall; see picture.

About 20,000 units, as CPSC gives them.

Human Touch LLC “Perfect Chair”.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

CPSC’s photos

CPSC shows 2 photos on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.

Who made and sold it?

  • Distributed by Human Touch LLC, Long Beach, Calif.
  • Human Touch or authorized Human Touch dealers such as Relax the Back or The Healthy Back Store from April 2000 to June 2004 (open screw) and June 2004 to September 2007 (dual-cover screw) for about $1800.
  • Made in Thailand, as the notice gives it.
Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

Was anyone hurt?

Human Touch LLC has received no reports of injuries to humans but has received one report of a dog’s fur becoming entangled in the screw.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

What the record doesn’t say

  • The notice lists no UPCs, so check the model, the description and the photos.
  • The notice lists no model numbers in a field of their own; its description may give them.
  • How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Source:

Hearth Record wrote these lines.

Sources

  • U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Recalls API.

    Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.

Source:

Recalls of kids’ and home products are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record. Copied on Oct 19, 2026.

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