Patent ID: 8851456

Claim:
A fencing element ( 12 ) for use in a fencing system ( 11 ) holding two parallel wire elements comprising: a longitudinally extending outer casing ( 16 ) made of a bent sheet strip having opposing longitudinal edges, wherein said casing having-has a lengthwise cavity ( 22 ) having a longitudinal opening ( 23 ) disposed between opposing folded longitudinal edge portions of said bent sheet strip; and a plurality of barbed tapes ( 15 ) cut in each of the longitudinal edges of said bent sheet strip configured in a longitudinally spaced manner, wherein said bent sheet strip of said casing ( 16 ) is crimped to create a longitudinal intermediary neck portion ( 19 ) in said cavity ( 22 ) by applying pressure laterally to said sheet strip such that the cross section of said casing takes the form of a figure eight comprised of two separate longitudinal cells ( 18 , 20 ) including an upper and a lower cell, said upper cell enclosing an elongated length of reinforcement wire ( 13 ) and said lower cell enclosing an elongated length of sensor cable ( 14 ), wherein said upper and lower cells ( 18 , 20 ) are separated by an intermediary opening in a neck portion ( 19 ), the width of said intermediary opening and said longitudinal opening of said cavity being smaller than the diameters of said reinforcement wire ( 13 ) and said sensor cable ( 14 ).