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US 12,460,440 B1Granted
Hybrid fence assembly with integrated polymer mesh structure and conducting fence wire
AssigneeDeerfencing.com LLC
InventorDouglas Korfel
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Abstract
A hybrid fence assembly includes a flexible polymer mesh structure with at least one integrated horizontal conducting wire. The polymer mesh structure has opposite ends, a horizontal length between the ends, and a vertical height. The conducting wire extends between the opposite ends of the mesh structure along its horizontal length, and is adapted for being electrically charged by an electric fence energizer.
Claims20
A hybrid fence assembly comprising:
- a flexible polymer mesh structure having opposite ends, a horizontal length between said ends, and a vertical height;
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- at least one electrically-chargeable horizontal conducting wire integrated with said polymer mesh structure and extending between said opposite ends along said horizontal length;
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- an electric fence energizer operatively connected to said at least one electrically-chargeable horizontal conducting wire to electrically charge said at least one electrically-chargeable horizontal conducting wire, such that when an animal touches said at least one electrically-chargeable horizontal conducting wire when charged by the electric fence energizer, an electric current passes from an exterior of said at least one electrically-chargeable horizontal conducting wire through the animal causing the animal to receive an electric shock.
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A fence installation kit, comprising:
- a hybrid fence assembly comprising:
- (i) a flexible polymer mesh structure having opposite ends, a horizontal length between said ends, and a vertical height;
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- (ii) at least one electrically-chargeable horizontal conducting wire integrated with said polymer mesh structure and extending between said opposite ends along said horizontal length;
- an electric fence energizer operatively connected to said at least one electrically-chargeable horizontal conducting wire to electrically charge said at least one electrically-chargeable horizontal conducting wire, such that when an animal touches said at least one electrically-chargeable horizontal conducting wire when charged by the electric fence energizer, an electric current passes from an exterior of said at least one electrically-chargeable horizontal conducting wire through the animal causing the animal to receive an electric shock;
- a plurality of fence posts;
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- a plurality of non-conductive insulator clips adapted for attachment to said fence posts.
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A method for enclosing an area of land, said method comprising:
- selecting a hybrid fence assembly comprising a flexible polymer mesh structure having opposite ends, a horizontal length between the opposite ends, and a vertical height, and at least one electrically-chargeable horizontal conducting wire interlaced with the polymer mesh structure and extending between the opposite ends along the horizontal length;
- electrically charging said at least one electrically-chargeable horizontal conducting wire using an electric fence energizer, such that when an animal touches said at least one electrically-chargeable horizontal conducting wire, an electric current passes from an exterior of said at least one electrically-chargeable horizontal conducting wire through the animal causing the animal to receive an electric shock;
- installing a plurality of spaced-apart fence posts in earth around the area of land to be enclosed;
- attaching at least one non-conductive insulator clip to each of the fence posts;
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- suspending the hybrid fence assembly from the insulator clip at each of the fence posts, such that the horizontal conducting wire is spaced apart from the vertical post on an outside of the insulator clip, thereby isolating the conducting wire relative to the earth.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.