RIDGID^® announced the winner of its RIDGIDConnect™ Sweepstakes promotion. A single grand prize winner, Pat Grogan, a Topeka, Kan. resident, and owner of Pat the Plumber, was randomly chosen out of several thousand entries to receive a prize package valued at more than $25,000.

The prize package included:

• Subscription to RIDGIDConnect Online Business Tool for One Year

• RIDGID LT1000 Laptop Interface

• RIDGID Mini-SeeSnake^® Plus Inspection System

• Dell^® Ruggedized XFR Laptop Computer with RIDGID software

• SeekTech^® SR-20 Locator and ST-305 Transmitter

• microReel Pipe Inspection System

• microEXPLORER^® Inspection Camera

• DVDPak Monitor with OLED Display

• RIDGID RP-210 Press Tool with ProPress^® Jaws

• Olympus^® Stylus Tough Digital Camera

• Flip^® UltraHD Video Camera

• GlobalSat Bluetooth GPS Receiver

• SeeSnake^® Interconnect Cable

• Various Articles of RIDGID Gear

“This RIDGID prize package will change the way I do business,” commented Grogan. “The subscription to RIDGIDConnect, combined with all the digital equipment will allow me to be completely digital and exchange information easier and faster. I am particularly excited to use the laptop and the laptop interface combined with the inspection camera system.”

The contest, which ran from February 1 through June 30, 2010, was created to promote RIDGIDConnect, a subscription-based, online business tool designed for service professionals and contractors who create or use digital information. It was open to professional contractors throughout North America. Participants entered the contest online or via mail.

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