Woodworking

The roots for Kindel began in 1901 when Charles J. Kindel founded the Denver Bedding Company which allowed him to utilize his mattress stuffing machine invented in 1900. In 1904 he sold the company and purchased the Evansville Smith Bedding Company in St. Louis and renamed it the CJ Kindel Bedding Company.

Kindel had numerous patents on convertible beds or davenport beds which firmly set his foundation in the furniture business. By 1911, with plants in New York, Toronto and ...