Heinz Stöckler

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Heinz Stöckler (born December 22, 1952 in Zurich ) is a Swiss inventor and entrepreneur . Among other things, he invented the aluminum folding tent , which is now mainly used as a party tent .

Life

At the age of 16, Heinz Stöckler attended business school , then the arts and crafts school alongside his training as a typographer . He then studied at the Lausanne Engineering School , where he graduated as an engineer in the graphic industry . Stöckler got his first job at Publicitas Geneva, responsible for the promotion of the lease papers La Suisse and Tribune de Genève . Stöckler began to type magazines and books under the company name "Photo typesetting studio Stoeckler Genève". Heinz Stöckler still sells composting products that he has developed himself under the name “Stoeckler naturally gardening” .

From 1990 onwards, Heinz Stöckler was the first supplier to develop and sell aluminum folding tents through "Stoeckler Bio Agrar AG, Pro-Tent Division". In 2000, Heinz Stöckler founded Pro-Tent AG, which today offers modular exhibition systems in addition to folding tents.

Inventions and patents

  • Folding tent made of aluminum
  • Telescopic groove profile for a folding tent system, which also allows solid wall panels
  • Various details of the folding tents, etc. a .: Transport bag, connecting elements, quick-release fasteners, rounded profiles with 45-degree connection
  • Frame profiles for a room-in-room system
  • Thermal composter, valid EP patent (the first heat-insulating composter with encapsulated air as an insulator, comparable to the thermal principle of a double pane of glass)
  • Bio shredder 3500-Compact (for compost-friendly shredding of garden waste)
  • GreenCard - the first oil test card for reliable self-diagnosis of engine oil in gasoline and diesel engines

Awards

  • Gold medal at the 33rd Inventors' Fair in Geneva (for the foldable exhibition system SwissModul 4000)
  • Special prize from the city of Geneva for the most innovative invention (also SwissModul 4000)
  • Test winner Stiftung Warentest with the HANDY® thermal composter

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ European Patent Register
  2. ↑ register.epo.org
  3. ↑ patent-de.com
  4. ↑ register.epo.org
  5. ↑ tagesanzeiger.ch: Disabled people manufacture high-tech tents . Retrieved May 16, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Stöckler, Heinz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stoeckler, Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss inventor, inventor of the aluminum folding tents
DATE OF BIRTH December 22, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich