Patent ID: 7672872

Claim:
A system for monitoring inventory in a point of purchase display, comprising: a portable display stand, having a display area including at least one shelf, operably configured to support an article being displayed for sale thereon, the portable display stand configured to be collapsible; the display stand further having at least one of a bottom wall, a side wall, a back wall, a top wall, a front wall, wherein the at least one bottom wall, side wall, back wall, top wall and front wall being fabricated at least in part from corrugated paperboard comprising a plurality of layers of paper; at least one article being displayed for sale within the display area, said article operably configured to be positioned on the at least one shelf, the at least one article containing a radio frequency identification tag; a single radio frequency antenna embedded within the corrugated paperboard between juxtaposed layers of paper; a radio frequency identification tag reader, operably connected to the radio frequency antenna, for transmitting to and receiving radio frequency signals from the radio frequency identification tag, the radio frequency identification tag reader being operably configured to interrogate any radio frequency identification tags located within the display area, the radio frequency identification tag reader being operably connectable to a remotely situated monitoring apparatus, for providing a remote indication of the presence and absence of the at least one article containing the radio frequency identification tag, within the display area.