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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2009
Filed:
May. 15, 2006
William H. Roeder, Norcross, GA (US);
Donald L. Runyon, Duluth, GA (US);
Richard W. Sorenson, Jr., Atlanta, GA (US);
Michael Sayre Clott, Marietta, GA (US);
William H. Roeder, Norcross, GA (US);
Donald L. Runyon, Duluth, GA (US);
Richard W. Sorenson, Jr., Atlanta, GA (US);
Michael Sayre Clott, Marietta, GA (US);
EMS Technologies, Inc., Norcross, GA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides an antenna for reading RFID tags in a material handling environment. At least one ruggedized, upward-looking antenna is mounted on the fork (or other base-level platform) of a pallet jack or pallet truck. The antenna can be configured to read RFID tags on pallets that are loaded on the pallet jack and communicate the tag information to a warehouse management system.