Patent ID: 6874767

Claim:
A fence comprising: a plurality of rails, each rail having two lateral edge portions and comprising: an upper section which includes one of the edge portions; a lower section which includes the other edge portion, comprising: a flat side wall providing an attachment surface; a first lip disposed in spaced and parallel relationship to the side wall; and a base which connects the first lip and the side wall; in which the side wall, first lip and base cooperate to define a tray within which a cable may extend; a plurality of vertically disposed posts in which the posts are characterized by at least one cable passageway extending therethrough, the cable passageway sized to receive a strengthening cable; and a plurality of vertically disposed pickets; in which at least two rails are disposed in vertically spaced relationship between each adjacent pair of posts, and with each rail supported by its opposite ends by an adjacent pair of posts, and with each picket supported by at least a vertically spaced pair of rails.