First safety update for hook-on chairs in eight years

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission updated its mandatory safety standard for portable hook-on chairs (those seat attachments that clip to tables) to match the latest industry voluntary standard published in 2025, replacing the version from 2018. Manufacturers now must meet tighter engineering requirements for stability, materials, and failure modes to reduce risk of tipping, collapse, or falls.

Hook-on chairs are high-risk products for infants and toddlers — falls from these devices cause thousands of injuries annually — and this is the first mandatory safety update in eight years, meaning manufacturers have been building to a 2018 standard while real-world injury data and testing methods have evolved.