Patent ID: 8308140

Claim:
An assembly comprising a length of polymer jacketed high tensile wire fencing having an end and a coupling coupled to the end of the extruded fencing, wherein the coupling includes a plate having first and second edges that are generally parallel to each other, the first and second edges of the plate including a rearwardly projecting flange, a slot passing through the plate generally perpendicular to the first and second edges, the slot having upper and lower ends spaced from the first and second edges, wherein the polymer jacketed high tensile wire fencing includes a fold in the fencing defining a bight joining a shorter portion of the fencing to a longer portion of the fencing, the fold penetrating the slot of the coupling, and wherein the coupling additionally includes a pin of a length greater than the distance between the upper and lower ends of the slot, the pin having a first end including a bend of sufficient size to extend over a rear edge of the rearwardly projecting flange of one of the first and second edges, the pin having a second end inserted into the bight in the fold of the fencing to retain the fold of the fencing in the slot.