CPSC Recall in 2005: CPSC, Once Upon a Family Announce Recall of Memory Trunks

Updated on January 18, 2026.

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Data Source: CPSC.

Recall Number: 05-536

Date: February 02, 2005

Product Name: Memory Trunks

Recall Description:

The yellow and tan Memory Trunk is about 22-inches long by 14-inches wide by 13.5-inches high and made of fiber board. It is decorated with photos of family activities and various phrases, such as "A Childhood Cherished," "A Place in Time" and "Mementos and Memories." Once Upon A Family intended the trunk for use as a storage box for childhood mementos and does not intend it for use by children.

Hazard Description:

The lid can fall on a child who is looking or reaching inside entrapping the child at the neck, which poses a risk of strangulation. Also, the lid can close and self-fasten, entrapping the child inside the trunk, which poses a suffocation hazard.

Consumer Action:

Remedy Type:

Replace, Repair

Units: About 1,600

Incidents:

CPSC and Once Upon A Family are aware of one incident where the lid of a trunk fell on a 2-year-old boy, entrapping him between the lid and the base. The child was not injured.

Sold At:

Sales consultants at home events nationwide from November 2002 through October 2004 for about $100.

Manufactured In:

Hong Kong, China