Hanover Direct window coverings recalled after child strangles

Hanover Direct is recalling more than a half-million shades and blinds after a toddler from Iowa was found hanging from his neck in one of the shades' outer cords, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said.

The 22-month-old was freed from the cords by his father, but later died, the CPSC said.

Hanover direct also is known as Domestications, The Company Store, and Company Kids. Most of the recall involves Roman Shades; the rest roll-up and roller blinds. About 90,000 of their Roman shades were recalled a year ago after a near-strangulation of a Delaware boy.