Harlequin Liberty Switch - Multi-use Performance Floor System

A multi-use floor system that can switch between a rigid theatrical floor and sprung performance floor by a hardwired control unit.

Features and benefits:

• Allows for maximum use of space.
• No storage costs.
• Simple one-touch operation using a hard-wired master control unit.
• Hard-wired master control unit is compatible with stage machinery control systems.
• Can create sprung and rigid zones in the floor as required.
• Requires no power to stay in selected mode.
• May be configured to incorporate features such as traps, lifts and revolves as required.
• Transforms from rigid to sprung mode in 30 seconds (subject to area size, size of installation and power supply).
• Contains a series of moving carriages connected by side bars running on guide rails powered by actuators located at the ends of each row.
• Moving carriages engage with stop blocks on underside of Harlequin sprung floor panels to create a rigid floor and disengage to create a sprung floor.
• Base unit is fitted with elastomer support battens which align with the sprung elastomer pads on the Harlequin sprung floor panel above.
• Top panels are Harlequin sprung floor panels with the addition of Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) low-friction blocks on the underside.
• UK Patent GB2592382, US Patent 11,649,646 B2, Australia: 2021227418, International Patent WO2021/170970.

Awards:

• Winner – JTSE Innovation Award, Journées Techniques du Spectacles et de l’Évenement 2023, Paris.
• Winner – ABTT Engineering Product of the Year, ABTT Theatre Show 2023, London.
• Winner – DTHG Technology Product Award, Showtech 2023, Berlin.
• Winner – LDI Best Debuting Product Award, LDI 2022, Las Vegas.