Patent ID: 7667591

Claim:
A system for reading RFID transponders comprising: one or more items each having at least one RFID transponder associated therewith or affixed thereto; one or more RFID readers capable of reading encoded information on each of said RFID transponders; and a rotational device capable of rotation wherein (a) said one or more items each having at least one RFID transponder associated therewith or affixed thereto are placed upon said rotational device; (b) said rotational device is rotated while said one or more RFID readers (i) remain at a fixed point and (ii) read information from said at least one RFID transponder; and (c) said rotational device continues to (i) rotate said one or more items and (ii) read said respective RFID transponders until all of said respective RFID transponders on said rotational device have been read or until a predetermined time limit has passed.