US 12,466,652 B2
RFID tote systems and methods
Mark W. Roth, North Miami, FL (US)
Assigned to Avery Dennison Retail Information Services LLC, Mentor, OH (US)
Appl. No. 17/778,156
Filed by Avery Dennison Retail Information Services LLC, Mentor, OH (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 25, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/062388
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 19, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/108681, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 3, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/939,905, filed on Nov. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0020367 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/0833 (2023.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01); G06K 19/077 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 1/1371 (2013.01) [G06K 19/07749 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0258 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mobile tote system comprising:
a closeable mobile tote comprising an enclosure comprising a first radio-frequency-reflective surface and at least one radio-frequency-transparent layer; and
an engagement component comprising an RFID scanner having an RFID antenna, the engagement component being configured to engage the mobile tote and to align the RFID scanner with the at least one radio-frequency-wave-transparent interface of the mobile tote to permit transmissions between the RFID antenna and the interior of the enclosure to pass through the radio-frequency-wave-transparent interface, wherein the engagement component comprises one or more tote interfaces for electrically coupling to a plurality of contacts of the mobile tote.