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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2006
Donald L. Runyon, Duluth, GA (US);
William H. Roeder, Norcross, GA (US);
Richard W. Sorenson, Jr., Atlanta, GA (US);
Donald L. Runyon, Duluth, GA (US);
William H. Roeder, Norcross, GA (US);
Richard W. Sorenson, Jr., Atlanta, GA (US);
EMS Technologies, Inc., Norcross, GA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides an antenna system for reading RFID tags and/or transmitting and receiving wireless network signals, including for example wireless local area network (WLAN) signals, in a material handling environment. A ruggedized antenna can be mounted on the load backrest of a lift truck and configured to accomplish the reading of RFID tags that indicate particular pallet storage locations and the reading of RFID tags that indicate warehouse locations, such as specific loading docks. The antenna system can also be configured to accomplish transmitting and receiving WLAN signals for communication with a warehouse.