Overview

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a wave of recalls targeting more than 93,000 portable bed rails sold primarily through Amazon's marketplace, citing life-threatening entrapment and asphyxiation hazards that violate federal safety standards. The recalls, announced across late 2024 and into 2025, affect products from at least eight separate manufacturers and storefronts, and carry serious compliance and liability implications for any third-party seller involved in the distribution chain.

Key Points

• HOMEAL children's bed rails — Roughly 2,370 white steel frame units with gray oxford cloth sold in early 2025, violating children's portable bed rail safety standards due to dangerous side entrapment openings.
• WYBITNY children's bed rails — 120 units of white metal frame rails with dark gray fabric cushions, flagged for three separate entrapment zones including enclosed, side, and top openings.
• Pavonini adult bed rails — The largest single recall at approximately 81,050 units across six models sold from 2024 through 2025, featuring white or black tubing with rounded foam grips.
• Additional adult bed rail brands — Recalls also cover products sold under the LEACHOI, JOKOSIS, and other Amazon storefronts, each violating mandatory adult portable bed rail standards through similar entrapment hazards and missing warning labels.
• HiccapopSpace bed rails — A special CPSC safety warning covers 86,100 units across four models sold from 2019 through 2025 after the manufacturer refused to participate in a voluntary recall despite one confirmed asphyxiation death.

Why These Products Are Dangerous

• Entrapment hazard — The core design flaw across all recalled products involves gaps and openings that allow users (children or elderly adults) to become trapped between the rail structure and the mattress, or within the rail components themselves.
• Asphyxiation risk — Once a person becomes wedged in these spaces, their body weight and position can restrict breathing, leading to asphyxiation within minutes.