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Finally. An installation. The front loading arbor has been patented for 10 years. It is doing well in the market. The arbor trap has been patented for 5 years. Not one installation. Nobody wanted to be the first. Until now. A full installation of front loading arbors AND arbor traps will be installed this summer. I cannot take the details pubic - yet. If you would like to know more, PM me. Or is it DM?

I am pleased to announce that today I have received notice from the US and Canadian patent offices that the Arbor Trap patents have been approved and issued. See the arbor trap at www.gridwellinc.com. Another safety upgrade for your new counterweight system. It can also be retrofit onto most existing systems.

University of Memphis arbor trap installation from March of 2017

First trap installation at University of Memphis in March 2017. Unexciting video. Nothing happens. Exactly as intended.

JR Clancy is shipping their new front loading arbors to the Ashwaubenon High School in Wisconsin. Clancy is a devout proponent of safety in the theatre and has identified the front loading arbor as a new technology to make the school theatre safer.

News at L&SA Online! http://www.lightingandsoundamerica.com/news/story.asp

J.R. Clancy licenses Front-Loading Arbor, Arbor Trap and SuperArbor Toronto, ON, & Syracuse, NY, May 2, 2016 Grid Well Inc. (GWI) announced today that J.R. Clancy has signed a license agreement for the manufacture and sale of its patented Front-Loading Arbor, its patent pending safety device the Arbor Trap and the SuperArbor. J.R. Clancy is one of the largest and most important manufacturers of stage rigging equipment in the world. By licensing the Front-Loading Arbor and Trap, Clancy takes the lead in the first major retooling of counterweight rigging in over 100 years. http://www.gridwellinc.com/news.html

JOEL Theatrical Rigging licenses Front-Loading Arbor for the Canadian market TORONTO, ON, April 4, 2016 Grid Well Inc. announced today that designs for its patented Front-Loading Arbor, patent pending revolutionary safety device the Arbor Trap and the SuperArbor, have been licensed for the Canadian market by JOEL Theatrical Rigging Contractors (1980) Ltd. in Mississauga, Ontario. http://www.gridwellinc.com/news.html

Thanks to Bob Foreman for sharing this Theatre Catalog 1947-48 advertisement for Joseph Vasconcellos. Vasconcellos worked all over North America installing equipment including counterweight systems.

With Richard Nix (in the kilt)! Another terrific and memorable USITT.

Showing the Arbor Trap to Peter Urbanek, U. of Toronto in Mississauga, at USITT.

Showing the Arbor Trap to David Schraffenberger of Production Advantage at USITT 2016.

Ty Prewitt of BellaTEX with the new SuperArbor at USITT 2016.

The SuperArbor!!: Front-Loading Arbor with integrated Arbor Trap. At USITT: BellaTEX booth #1110; Blackwell at the LKM/Canto booth #339. https://youtu.be/5qhs1Fsnz88

Designed for its purpose, the Front Loading Arbor is now available through BellaTEX, Blackwell, Peter Albrecht Company and Thern Stage (BrickHouse). https://youtu.be/m5DDqtdvA94

Grid Well announces 6 licensees will carry the Front Loading Arbor, Arbor Trap and Super Arbor in time for USITT 2016 http://www.gridwellinc.com/news.html

See the innovative arbor safety device the Arbor Trap at USITT: BellaTEX Stage Curtains booth #1110, Blackwell in the AKT3 booth #339 https://youtu.be/Mp_BOjgR-mY

Visit our new web site! http://gridwellinc.com #frontloadingarbor

The Front-loading arbor was designed for its purpose; with safety and ergonomics in mind. Compare the rod arbor and the front-loading arbor in this video.