About 2.2 million bean bag chairs sold across the nation have been recalled after the deaths of two children, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission and Ace Bayou Corp., of New Orleans, Louisiana, have announced.

The zippers on the bean bag chairs can be opened wide enough for children to crawl inside, where they could become trapped and then suffocate or choke on beaded foam stuffing inside the chairs, according to a CPSC news release.

The product standard requires non-refillable bean bag chairs to have closed and permanently-disabled zippers.

Both a 13-year old boy from McKinney, Texas, and a 3-year-old girl from Lexington, Kentucky, died after suffocating from lack of air and inhaling the chair's foam beads.

Both children were found inside the chairs.

The recalled chairs have two zippers that can be unzipped and opened, including one on the exterior cover and a second directly underneath the outer one.

The recalled products come in a variety of sizes, shapes, colors and fabrics, including being round or L-shaped and crafted from vinyl or fabric

The units were sold in several different colors, including purple, violet, blue, red, pink, yellow, Kelly green, black, port, navy, lime, royal blue, turquoise and tangerine. There are also multi-colored bag chairs.

The chairs were sold in three sizes -- 30, 32 and 40 inches in diameter -- while the L-shaped chair measures 18 inches wide by 30 inches deep by 30 inches high.

"ACE BAYOU CORP" is printed on a tag sewn into the bean bag chair's cover seam, the news release says.

The company indicated the recalled chairs, all manufactured in China, were sold at Bon-Ton, Meijer, Pamida, School Specialty, Wayfair and Walmart stores -- and online at Amazon.com, Meijer.com and Walmart.com before July 2013.

Individual bean bag chairs retail for between $30 and $100.