CPSC, L.L. Bean Inc. Announces Recall of Backpack Child Carriers
Home product recall 99-035. Announced by CPSC on Dec 10, 1998.
- CPSC: stop using it
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Dec 10, 1998. Copied from CPSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- Stop using it what CPSC tells owners to do now (needs attention)
- About 10,000 units, as CPSC gives them
- Reported injuries, in the notice (needs attention)
Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
Small children can become entangled in the carrier’s harness,which poses a strangulation risk. Also, small children can work their way out of the harness and fall through a leg opening or topple out of the top of the carrier, which can cause head and body injuries.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
What should you do?
Consumers should stop using the carriers immediately and call L.L. Bean to receive instructions for returning the carrier for a refund or for any other information about this recall.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: Consumers may call L.L. Bean at (800) 555-9717 anytime.
Which ones are recalled?
These forest green L.L. Bean Child Carriers have gray harnesses, and model number AC25, which is written on a tag in the upper left side of the rear storage compartment. These “backpack” carriers have kickstands for loading the child into the carriers. The “L.L. Bean” label is on the back of the carrier. Other models of L.L. Bean backpack child carriers are not part of this recall.
About 10,000 units, as CPSC gives them.
L.L. Bean backpack child carriers, model number AC25.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
CPSC’s photos
CPSC shows 1 photo on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.
Who made and sold it?
- Made by L.L. Bean Inc., Freeport, Maine.
- The L.L. Bean website and catalogs, and L.L. Bean retail stores in Maine, Oregon, New Hampshire and Delaware sold the carriers, between January 1997 and October 1998, for about $99.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
Was anyone hurt?
L.L. Bean has received 23 reports of children falling out of the harnesses by slipping through a leg opening or toppling out of the top of the carrier. It was reported that 8 of these children received injuries, including head bumps, bruises, abrasions and contusions and four of these children became entangled by the harness straps around their necks.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Nov 5, 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.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Recalls API.
Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
Recalls of kids’ and home products are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record. Copied on Nov 5, 2026.