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BrightLight blanket electric blankets and sheets

1 report to CPSC, the latest made Jul 27, 2013. A report isn’t a recall.

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At a glance

From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.

  • 1report to CPSC
  • Jul 27, 2013the latest report was made
  • Jul 27, 2013the earliest
  • 0with the company’s comments
Brand
BrightLight blanket
Maker
Idea VillageMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
Product
Electric blankets and sheetsCPSC’s product type: Electric Blankets or Sheets (code 132), in Furniture, Furnishings & Decorations: Bedroom, Bedding & Bath

By month

1 report from August 2012 to July 2013; the most in July 2013, 1.
The numbers, as a table
Reports to CPSC by the month each was made, newest first
MonthReports
July 20131

How badly anyone was hurt

  • No one hurt 1 CPSC: Incident, No Injury

As each report says it, in short words; CPSC’s own words are under each.

The reports, as CPSC published them

Reports people made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC publishes each one after sending it to the company named, and doesn’t guarantee they’re accurate. A report isn’t a recall.

Each report is the words of the person who made it, as CPSC published them. The company’s comments, where CPSC published any, are set apart as the company’s own.

Source:

CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.

  1. No one hurt

    Made Jul 27, 2013, sent to the company Aug 26, 2013, published by CPSC Aug 19, 2013

    The product, in the report: BrightLight blanket. “The recalled BrightLight blankets are 40-inch by 60-inch white, polyester blankets with LED lights that change color. The blanket has a battery compartment in a zippered pouch on the edge of the blanket.”

    The BrightLight blanket batteries overheated and leaked out of battery compartment. Leaving a white powered residue inside battery compartment and on to the BrightLight blanket. Child touched the leaking battery compartment.

    The BrightLight blanket no longer works and or lights up after a few months this product was gifted to child.

    Model
    BrightLight blanket
    UPC
    I don’t know
    Serial number
    I don’t know
    Bought from
    Toys R Us, online, California
    Bought
    Mar 21, 2013
    Where
    Discovery Bay, California: Home/Apartment/Condominium
    Who was involved
    Age 11, Female
    The reporter’s relation to them
    My Child
    As this report names them
    Brand BrightLight blanket, made or sold by Idea Village
    How badly, in CPSC’s words
    Incident, No Injury

CPSC’s disclaimer

Disclaimer: CPSC does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of the Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database on SaferProducts.gov, particularly with respect to information submitted by people outside of CPSC.

Source:

Word for word, from the disclaimer in CPSC’s export.

Sources

Sources
  • U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.

    Released Oct 25, 2026 and checked Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.

Source:

Reports of harm are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), on SaferProducts.gov. CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

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