Trankerloop Baby Bath Seat Recall: CPSC 26-288 Drowning Hazard And Infant Bath Seat Standard

Status, July 1 source check: source-cleared for a BadPD consumer-safety recall brief. The controlling public record is CPSC recall 26-288, dated February 26, 2026, for Trankerloop Baby Bath Seats. CPSC says the recalled seats violate the mandatory standard for infant bath seats because they are unstable and can tip over while in use, posing a risk of serious injury or death due to drowning.

This is recall-record accountability reporting, not medical, legal, child-care, refund, product-use, resale, import, marketplace, or drowning-prevention advice. The official CPSC recall, saferproducts.gov record, Trankerloop response, Amazon order history, package identity, and any later CPSC amendment control whether a specific item is included and what remedy proof is accepted.

What CPSC Says Was Recalled

CPSC identifies the recalled product as Trankerloop-branded baby bath seats sold in blue, gray, pink, and yellow. The seats have two detachable arms that serve as a restraint, four suction cups on the bottom, and come with a cup and a sponge. CPSC says “PLASTIC STOOL” and “Model: YD-1958” are printed on a tracking label located on the back of the bath seat.

The recall covers about 2,380 units. CPSC says the recalled seats were sold online at Amazon.com from August 2025 to October 2025 for about $36. The CPSC page lists Shenzhenshirongmanshangmaoyouxiangongsi, also identified as Shenzhen Shi Ronmang Trading Co., Ltd. doing business as Trankerloop, of China, as the listed retailer or distributor entry in the public record. The record says the seats were manufactured in China.

The practical search problem is simple: buyers may not search the exact federal title. They may search Trankerloop recall, baby bath seat recall, infant bath seat tip-over, bath seat drowning hazard, Amazon bath seat recall, PLASTIC STOOL label, or YD-1958. This BadPD ledger ties those search terms to the official recall number and source record so families, caregivers, resale sellers, marketplace monitors, and local safety desks can find the right recall quickly.

The Hazard Is Instability And Tip-Over While In Use

The CPSC hazard statement is specific. The agency says the recalled bath seats violate the mandatory infant bath seat standard because they are unstable and can tip over while in use. The risk described by CPSC is serious injury or death due to drowning.

BadPD is not adding an injury claim. CPSC lists none reported under incidents and injuries. That means the official recall record does not report a drowning, injury, or death tied to this product as of the recall notice. It does not mean the hazard is speculative or minor; it means the public record should be kept precise and not inflated beyond what CPSC published.

Infant bath seat recalls need clear public indexing because a product can look like a convenience item while creating a direct water-safety hazard. A seat that tips, releases, shifts, or gives a false sense of stability can create a problem very quickly. The public-facing recall file should therefore preserve the product colors, restraint arms, suction cups, accessories, model label, sale window, and official remedy in one searchable place.

Remedy And Contact Path

CPSC lists the remedy as refund. The official notice says consumers should stop using the recalled bath seats and contact Trankerloop for a full refund. CPSC says consumers will be asked to write “Recalled” on the front of the bath seat in permanent marker, disassemble the seat by removing the back rest and arm restraints, cut the four suction cups on the bottom, and email a photo of the disassembled recalled bath seat showing the marked front of the seat.

The official contact path listed by CPSC is Trankerloop at 405-204-8540 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Central Time Monday through Friday, or by email at hkkll147@outlook.com. BadPD is not collecting photos, refund requests, order numbers, customer information, product returns, or remedy evidence. Use CPSC and the company contact route for the actual recall process.

The recall process is unusual enough to merit close documentation. A refund that requires consumers to mark, disassemble, cut suction cups, and email a photo can work only if consumers receive clear instructions and know the email address is legitimate. The public record should eventually show whether refund requests are being answered and whether Amazon buyers were directly notified.

Amazon Sales Create A Buyer-Notice Test

CPSC says the recalled bath seats were sold on Amazon.com from August 2025 through October 2025. That should make direct notice more feasible than a cash-only discount-store product because orders may be tied to accounts, emails, seller records, and marketplace transaction histories. The missing accountability record is whether every affected purchaser received clear notice and whether the listing was removed, blocked, or corrected.

A recall page alone does not prove buyer notice. BadPD wants to see the buyer-notification record: the message sent, the date sent, whether it reached all orders in the sale window, whether the product images and model label were shown, whether refund instructions matched the CPSC page, and whether reminders were sent when buyers did not respond.

This does not allege that Amazon or Trankerloop failed to notify buyers. It identifies the record that matters next. Online sales create a paper trail, and public-safety accountability should use that trail to prove that recall notice reached households that bought the product.

Product Identity Markers To Preserve

The strongest identity markers in the official record are the brand, colors, accessories, and back label. CPSC says the seats were sold in blue, gray, pink, and yellow. They have two detachable arms used as a restraint, four suction cups on the bottom, and include a cup and sponge. The back tracking label says “PLASTIC STOOL” and “Model: YD-1958.”

Those details matter for resale and secondhand circulation. A recalled bath seat can leave the original purchaser through resale, donation, storage, a baby gear handoff, or an online marketplace listing. Future handlers may not have the Amazon order history, but they can check the physical seat and label against the recall record.

BadPD is not saying every bath seat with suction cups or detachable arms is recalled. The source-backed identifier is the Trankerloop recall record and the model-label language CPSC published. Any product-inclusion decision should be checked against the CPSC page, company remedy process, and physical product details.

Records BadPD Wants To See Next

The first missing record is buyer notification. CPSC identifies Amazon as the sale channel, so the relevant follow-up is whether every affected Amazon buyer received notice tied to the Trankerloop brand, the August to October 2025 sale window, model YD-1958, and the refund instructions.

The second missing record is refund performance. A complete recall file should show how many consumers contacted Trankerloop, how many refund requests were approved, how many were denied or incomplete, what photo proof was accepted, and how quickly consumers received the refund.

The third missing record is marketplace cleanup. The public record should show whether active listings, copied listings, third-party relistings, and secondhand marketplace posts were removed or flagged. A small recall can become a long-tail hazard when recalled products move through resale channels after the original online listing disappears.

The fourth missing record is later incident status. CPSC says none were reported in the recall notice. That status should change only if CPSC amendments, medical examiner records, court filings, consumer complaints, public health records, retailer records, or other accountable sources establish a later report tied to this recall.

Why This Recall Needs A Searchable Public File

Infant products often move through informal channels after the first purchase. A family may store a bath seat after a child outgrows it, hand it to another household, donate it, list it locally, or place it with other baby gear for later use. The second household may never see the Amazon recall notice or the original product page. That makes the physical identifiers more important than the original order receipt.

The phrase “PLASTIC STOOL” is especially important because it may not sound like a baby bath seat at all. A caregiver searching the label text should be able to find the recall without already knowing the Trankerloop brand or CPSC number. Model YD-1958, the four suction cups, detachable arms, and color set are the practical bridge between the product in a home and the CPSC source record.

A complete accountability file would also preserve seller-side records. If the sale was limited to Amazon.com over a short 2025 window, the recall should be measured by whether notice reached those order accounts, whether the instructions were clear, whether refund responses were timely, and whether the listing stayed down after the recall. Those are measurable records; they should not be left to assumptions.

Confirmed By CPSC And The API

• CPSC recall 26-288 is dated February 26, 2026.
• The saferproducts.gov API record for RecallNumber 26288 has a last-publish date of February 27, 2026.
• The recalled product is Trankerloop Baby Bath Seats.
• The unit count is about 2,380.
• The colors listed by CPSC are blue, gray, pink, and yellow.
• The seats have two detachable restraint arms, four suction cups, a cup, and a sponge.
• The back tracking label says “PLASTIC STOOL” and “Model: YD-1958.”
• CPSC says the seats violate the mandatory infant bath seat standard because they are unstable and can tip over while in use.
• CPSC describes the risk as serious injury or death due to drowning.
• CPSC lists refund as the remedy.
• CPSC says no incidents or injuries were reported in the recall record.
• CPSC says the seats were sold on Amazon.com from August 2025 to October 2025 for about $36.
• The public record lists China as the country of manufacture.

Pending Or Missing Records

• Direct Amazon buyer-notification proof, including dates, message text, and reach.
• Refund request totals, approval totals, denial reasons, and completion timing.
• Marketplace listing removal, relisting, and secondhand-monitoring records.
• Company response records showing whether the phone number and email listed by CPSC are handling recall requests.
• Any later CPSC amendment, incident update, state consumer-protection action, civil filing, or importer response.
• Any proof that products in buyer homes, storage, resale channels, or donation streams have been recovered or destroyed.

Not Established By This Source Set

• That a drowning, injury, or death has been reported in this recall.
• That every infant bath seat, every Amazon bath seat, or every product using suction cups is recalled.
• That Amazon, Trankerloop, or any distributor failed to notify buyers.
• That every recalled seat has been located, destroyed, refunded, or removed from resale.
• That a specific household product is included without checking the official product identity markers.
• That the remedy instructions will remain unchanged if CPSC or the company later updates the recall.

BadPD Bottom Line

CPSC 26-288 belongs in the BadPD public-safety recall lane because it involves an infant bath product, a mandatory-standard violation, instability, tip-over risk, and a drowning hazard. The source set is clear enough to publish now, and the incident field is also clear enough to prevent exaggeration: CPSC lists none reported.

BadPD will update this ledger if CPSC, Trankerloop, Amazon, marketplace records, state consumer-protection offices, court records, refund-process records, or other accountable sources add buyer-notification proof, refund fulfillment data, marketplace cleanup records, corrected or expanded remedy instructions, incident updates, enforcement action, or litigation tied to Trankerloop Baby Bath Seats, “PLASTIC STOOL,” Model YD-1958, or CPSC recall 26-288.

Source Ledger

• CPSC recall 26-288, Trankerloop Baby Bath Seats, February 26, 2026
• CPSC saferproducts.gov Recall API record, RecallNumber 26288
• CPSC infant bath seats business guidance
• CPSC official product image, recalled Trankerloop Baby Bath Seat gray
• CPSC official product image, PLASTIC STOOL and Model YD-1958 tracking label

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