Abstract: One embodiment of the invention is a portable RFID base station for detecting, locating and tracking tagged items. The base station is constructed of an outer housing that includes a set of vertical sidewalls, a horizontal bottom floor, and a horizontal top lid, as well as a set of wheels beneath the floor allowing the portable RFID base station to be moved. The base station includes a battery for supplying electrical power to the base station system components, an RFID reader for wirelessly communicating with a set of RFID tags, a cellular modem for communicating with a remote server, a computer system, and a router for communicating between the processor, the RFID reader, and the cellular modem. The portable RFID base station may be used to assist with tracking objects during office and household relocation, record storage, trucking, freight, train and rail transportation, air transportation, and logistics.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention is a method for determining when a set of RFID tags on a set of stacked objects belongs to a same defined subset of stacked objects (“set identification”).

Abstract: A collapsible box that provides access through both its top and front side, said box comprising sets of interior and exterior sidewalls, said interior sidewalls folding inward along a hinge and said exterior sidewalls folding along a hinge that runs along a bias. Said box capable of being made from either flat sheet material or molded parts.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention is a method for determining when a set of RFID tags on a set of stacked objects belongs to a same defined subset of stacked objects (“set identification”).

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention is a method for determining when a set of RFID tags on a set of objects belongs to a same defined subset of objects (“set identification”).

Abstract: A collapsible box with a pair of opposed, hinged sidewalls in which a lightweight frame structure holds the sidewall in a vertical orientation during assembly and provides load-bearing strength. The frame structure and sidewalls fold over one another, and lie substantially flat, when said box is collapsed.

Abstract: A collapsible box that provides access through both its top and front side. When set up, said box comprises a (i) horizontal upper section and (ii) horizontal lower section, said sections attached to each other via a pair of opposed vertical sidewalls. When said upper section is gripped by hand and lifted upwardly, said upper section will separate from said lower section and the box will open. Each of said sidewalls comprises a set of upper and lower panels, said panels attached to each other via a hinge that extends horizontally across the approximate center of said sidewall. The top of each sidewall is attached to one end of said upper section via a horizontal hinge; the bottom of each sidewall is attached to one end of said lower section via a horizontal hinge. Said lower section comprises the floor of said box. Said upper section comprises the top lid and two panels that rest horizontally underneath said top lid.

Abstract: A set of two compatible half-boards that can be pressed together to form a whole board. Each half-board comprises elements of a center medium that inter-fit with the other half-board to form a pattern of shapes. After two half-boards have been inter-fitted, the fully formed board comprises a crosswise center medium sandwiched between a pair of opposed outer sheets. The center medium runs crosswise to the outer sheets. In the preferred embodiment, the crosswise center medium forms a repeating pattern of closed, hollow honeycomb (hexagonal) shapes. In alternative embodiments, the crosswise center medium comprises other shapes.

Abstract: A collapsible box with a pair of opposed, hinged sidewalls in which a lightweight frame structure holds the sidewall in a vertical orientation during assembly and provides load-bearing strength. The frame structure and sidewalls fold over one another, and lie substantially flat, when said box is collapsed.

Abstract: A collapsible box with a pair of opposed, hinged sidewalls in which a lightweight frame structure holds the sidewall in a vertical orientation during assembly and provides load-bearing strength. The frame structure and sidewalls fold over one another, and lie substantially flat, when said box is collapsed.

Abstract: A collapsible box with a pair of opposed, hinged sidewalls in which a lightweight frame structure holds the sidewall in a vertical orientation during assembly and provides load-bearing strength. The frame structure and sidewalls fold over one another, and lie substantially flat, when said box is collapsed.

Abstract: A collapsible box that provides access through both its top and front side, said box comprising sets of interior and exterior sidewalls, said interior sidewalls folding inward along a hinge and said exterior sidewalls folding along a hinge that runs along a bias. Said box capable of being made from either flat sheet material or molded parts.

Abstract: A collapsible box that provides access through both its top and front side. When set up, said box comprises a (i) horizontal upper section and (ii) horizontal lower section, said sections attached to each other via a pair of opposed vertical sidewalls. When said upper section is gripped by hand and lifted upwardly, said upper section will separate from said lower section and the box will open. Each of said sidewalls comprises a set of upper and lower panels, said panels attached to each other via a hinge that extends horizontally across the approximate center of said sidewall. The top of each sidewall is attached to one end of said upper section via a horizontal hinge; the bottom of each sidewall is attached to one end of said lower section via a horizontal hinge. Said lower section comprises the floor of said box. Said upper section comprises the top lid and two panels that rest horizontally underneath said top lid.

Abstract: A trackable storage unit system comprising a plurality of stackable storage units, each storage unit having a computer chip containing data concerning the storage unit, a carrier for carrying a plurality of stacked storage units, the carrier having a first transceiver, electrical connections between the carrier and at least a first storage unit in the stack of storage units carried by the carrier and between adjacent storage units in the stack of storage units carried by the carrier, the electrical connections enabling the first transceiver on the carrier to transmit and receive data to and from the computer chips of the storage units in the stack of storage units; and a second remote transceiver for receiving and transmitting data to and from the first transceiver. The second remote transceiver transmits and receives data to and from the computer chips of the plurality of storage units via the first transceiver and the electrical connections to track the plurality of storage units.

Abstract: The present invention comprises sets of teeth that are spaced apart from each other in a sawtooth configuration and project horizontally outward from the front and rear ends of a hand propelled, wheeled cart. The front teeth of one cart are capable of intermeshing with the opposed rear teeth of another cart. The intermeshing teeth restrict the carts from independent lateral motion, so that when two or more carts are pushed from the rear, all carts stay in alignment with each other. This allows two or more carts to be pushed as one unit, either in a straight line or around turns.

Abstract: A collapsible box that provides access through both its top and front side. When set up, said box comprises a (i) horizontal upper section and (ii) horizontal lower section, said sections attached to each other via a pair of opposed vertical sidewalls. When said upper section is gripped by hand and lifted upwardly, said upper section will separate from said lower section and the box will open. Each of said sidewalls comprises a set of upper and lower panels, said panels attached to each other via a hinge that extends horizontally across the approximate center of said sidewall. The top of each sidewall is attached to one end of said upper section via a horizontal hinge; the bottom of each sidewall is attached to one end of said lower section via a horizontal hinge. Said lower section comprises the floor of said box. Said upper section comprises the top lid and two panels that rest horizontally underneath said top lid.

Abstract: A box and dolly system for moving, storing or retrieving goods wherein the box comprises a plurality of substantially upright walls with at least one of the walls having at least two surfaces disposed in an offsetting relationship for forming an overhang and wherein the dolly comprises a plurality of upright walls and a housing adjacent the intersection of each pair of upright walls and with the housing extending from the walls of the dolly such that the dolly may be stacked directly upon another dolly of identical construction with both dollies aligned in the same orientation.

Abstract: A box and a dolly wherein the box comprises a plurality of substantially upright walls with at least one of the walls having at least two surfaces disposed in an offsetting relationship for forming an overhang and wherein the dolly comprises at least one complementary surface for engaging the overhang to support the box along the overhang. The dolly does not have a horizontal platform typical of conventional dollies.