Patent ID: 7948371

Claim:
A monitoring system for articles having attached RFID transponders transported and stored on a mobile plastic material handling apparatus comprising: a molded plastic body having a surface for carrying the articles and a support structure spaced apart horizontally from the surface, said molded plastic body including a chamber having sufficient size to carry at least one wireless device, a cover to close the compartment and to activate the wireless device contained in the compartment, said wireless device including a circuit board comprising modules having an IC chipset module with a microprocessor and memory space for executing programs involving interpreting instructions and processing data associated with operations and communications of the device, a cellular communications module for transmitting and receiving air interface radio frequency signals over a cellular network, the network being operated by a host, at least one sensor module responsive to at least one of a dynamic environmental condition, an RF signal and a geo-location determination related to the material handling apparatus, at least one reader/writer interrogator for communicating with a RFID transponder affixed to an article supported upon said surface, for monitoring the addition and removal of said article from said surface, and a power supply for activating said device when said cover closes the compartment to activate the wireless device contained in the compartment.