The Zero Gravity Lift Chair by Relax the Back recliners
1 report to CPSC, the latest made Aug 20, 2022. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 1report to CPSC
- Aug 20, 2022the latest report was made
- Aug 20, 2022the earliest
- 1with the company’s comments
- Brand
- The Zero Gravity Lift Chair by Relax the Back
- Maker
- Golden TechnologiesMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- ReclinersCPSC’s product type: Recliner Chair (code 670), in Furniture, Furnishings & Decorations: Furniture
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| August 2022 | 1 |
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.
CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
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No one hurt Made Aug 20, 2022, sent to the company Aug 24, 2022, published by CPSC Sep 8, 2022
The product, in the report: It is an electrically powered recliner that has a lift function, where the chair tilts slightly forward and the seat lifts up to assist in exiting the chair, plus a wide range of recline positions, including one where a user’s feet can be elevated higher than their head.
My disabled wife got trapped in an electric reclining chair and was unable to get out of it due to a failure of its battery backup system.
The chair is electric powered lift chair/recliner and it provides for a wide range of positions, from tilting forward and lifting up to assist in physically getting out of the chair, to an extreme recline position that allows the user to elevate their feet above the level of their heads. It only operates electrically, cannot be operated manually, and has an 9-volt battery backup that is meant to provide enough power to return the chair to a normal upright position in the event of a power interuption. On one occasion the power to the chair was interrupted while my wife was in an extreme recline position. To her distress, the battery backup failed to provide power to reposition the chair, and my wife, who has very limited mobility, was trapped and unable to get out of the chair. In my opinion, this constitutes a safety hazard, particularly for the disabled, who likely are prime customers for this chair.
After contacting the retailer, then having a service technician change out numerous components of the chair in an unsuccessful attempt to repair it, I contacted the chair manufacturer. After speaking with someone in the engineering department, I was told that they were aware that the 9-volt battery backup system didn’t work, but that they would have an improved lithium battery backup system coming out on future models. I asked about any plans to warn existing owners of the chair and retrofitting them with the newer backup system and was told that they had none. They said they had notified retailers about the problem, but my retailer said he had never received such notice and was still selling the current line of lift chairs believing that the current battery backup system worked.
Getting trapped in such a chair is frightening, uncomfortable, and potentially dangerous for anyone with limited mobility. I think the manufacturer should notify each chair owner of the problem and supply them with the new lithium battery backup system. Alternatively, they could recall all the chairs and issue refunds.
My wife’s experience seems very similar to that described in Incident Report [REDACTED] from 11/10/2020.
- Model
- Model PR130, or PR130-MED-STD-UBO
- Serial number
- GT2103RAC08129
- Bought from
- Relax the Back
- Bought
- Dec 1, 2021
- Where
- Magnolia, Texas: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 69, Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- My Spouse
- As this report names them
- Brand The Zero Gravity Lift Chair by Relax the Back, made or sold by Golden Technologies
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
CPSC’s disclaimer
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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.
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