Patent ID: 8840089

Claim:
An electric fence comprising, a pair of posts, spaced-apart and anchored in the ground, a web of galvanized steel wires coupled to and between the pair of posts, the web including a plurality of substantially horizontally extending wires arranged substantially parallel to one another, the plurality of substantially horizontally extending wires including an uppermost wire and a lowermost wire, and a plurality of substantially vertically extending wires arranged substantially parallel to one another, the plurality of substantially vertically extending wires extending to and between the uppermost wire and the lowermost wire and being electrically coupled to each wire of the plurality of substantially horizontally extending wires, a fiberglass post coupled between the pair of posts and directly to the lowermost wire of the web of galvanized steel, the fiberglass post being arranged vertically and including openings through which the web of galvanized steel extends, wherein the openings do not extend through an end of the fiberglass post, a plurality of eye bolts coupled to and between a post of the pair of posts and the fiberglass post between adjacent horizontal wires of the web, wherein the fiberglass post extends through eyes of the eye bolts, and a grounded energizer operatively coupled to the web for electrifying the web, wherein the lowermost wire is suspended above the ground along the entire length of the lowermost wire.