Reed E. Henschel of Faith, South Dakota, designer and patent holder of the
Tower Stool®, is a multi-talented individual. He writes poetry and
stories and has developed a unique style of "Rock Art" which he
incorporates into exterior and interior designs as well as doing
woodworking. He has a heritage of building, designing and woodworking
that has been passed down from grandfather to father to son.
Reed has designed and built many fireplaces in the Black Hills area with
his "Rock Art" in addition to adding "Rock Art" facades to
many buildings. His skill as an ironworker has led to his designing and
building several cemetery gates and church crosses.
When a young professional athlete approached him to build a strong, light,
compact, folding, exercise stool he knew it could be done. Reed has
always believed there should be a lighter way of making stools with an improved
method of folding. Reed feels a strong motivation to develop a product
where he sees a need. Designing the folding movement gave him the
assurance that his first 12" high stool would develop into much more than
a stool. The stool becomes an instant table by adding a tabletop.
The height of the tabletop is adjustable by simply placing it on a different
size stool. Once his concept became a reality he knew he could adapt the
folding design to other products.
Some of the other folding furniture he
has designed include pedestals for sculpture art, tabletop lecterns, floor
lecterns, tables both for home use and dog grooming, storage benches, shooters
benches, work benches, and bookcases.
Designing furniture is a very rewarding experience for Reed. It gives
him an exhilarating feeling of contributing something useful to the public.
Reed received the "Best of Show,
South Dakota" in "The 1997 Quest for America's Best" in "QVC's
50 in 50 Tour."
Reed placed third in the household division of the Twenty-eighth Minnesota
Inventors Congress in 1985. His folding lectern won the Silver Medal at
the Thirty-seventh Minnesota Inventors Congress in 1994.
The original 9" high plastic folding stool, now being marketed as the Turtle Stool or EZ Foldz was patented by Reed E Henschel of Tower Stool® LLC using his original folding movement design. It is now a most popular household stool and uses are many. Made in the USA.
The "New " Volleyball Table, better known as the Coaches Box, designed and patented by Reed Henschel, has been in use for a year now and is being used by Universities, Colleges and schools throughout the USA.
There was a need for a secure platform for the Volleyball Coaches to stand on, throwing balls to the players during during practice. The" Coaches Box" is also being used for Beach Volleyball.
This design was made to be stable and strong but also folds compact for storage which is a need for Athletic Equipment. See our Coaches Box on our web site.
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