Double wide forklift radio frequency

A forklift RFID system for identifying RFD tagged pallets in a stack of pallets comprising:

• a) a double wide forklift comprising a body, a mast mounted to said body and right and left fork assemblies moveably mounted on said mast;
• each forklift assembly being with two parallel extending tines;
• b) two RFID readers are secured in a fixed position on opposite sides of said forklift body above the tines of the forklift assembly;
• c) each RFID reader being positioned outside said forklift body and
• d) each said RFID reader having reduced power to read RFID tags at a horizontal distance of not greater than about 5 feet.

A forklift RFID system for identifying RFID tagged plastic pallets tagged in each corner with identical RFID tags in a stack of pallets comprising:

• a) a double wide forklift comprising a body, a mast mounted to said body and right and left fork assemblies moveably mounted on said mast;
• each fork assembly including a plurality of extending moveable tines;
• b) RFID readers with an internal antenna mounted on said forklift body in a fixed position above the forks of the forklift on each side of said forklift body;
• d) each RFID reader being powered to transmit RFID and accurately read RFID tags of plastic pallets at a horizontal distance not exceeding about 5 feet.

A method of reading and identifying stacked RFID tagged pallets tagged in corners of said pallet using a double width forklift comprising the steps of

• a) generating a low powered RFID signal from a reader/antenna having an effective horizontal range which does not exceed about five feet;
• from at least one side of a double width forklift;
• b) reading the individual signals from received from each pallet in a pallet stack and transmitting the individual signals to a computer;
• c) identifying the signals with a corresponding pallet;
• and
• d) recording each pallet in a database.