Patent ID: 7562864

Claim:
A fence for confining livestock, the fence comprising: First and second parallel polymer-coated fence sections, each section including a plurality of parallel high tensile wire tensioning members extending therethrough, a plurality of metal splice coupling mechanisms, each mechanism coupling one of the tensioning members of the first section to one of the tensioning members of the second section such that an end of the first section is clamped to an end of the second section, the coupling mechanisms having a greater diameter than the tensioning members, a first cover portion having an inner surface including a plurality of parallel channels spaced from one another and extending continuously from a first end of the cover portion to a second end of the cover portion, and a plurality of cavities, each cavity coincident with one of the channels at a midpoint of the cover; a second cover portion having an inner surface facing the first cover inner surface, the second cover inner surface including a plurality of parallel channels spaced from one another and extending continuously from a first end of the second cover portion to a second end of the second cover portion, and a plurality of cavities, each cavity coincident with one of the second cover portion channels at a midpoint of the second cover; a plurality of fasteners clamping the first cover to the second cover such that the ends of the first and second sections are clamped conformingly between the covers, with each tensioning member received conformingly between and within a first cover channel and second cover channel, and with each coupling mechanism received conformingly between and within a first cover cavity and second cover cavity.