Patent ID: 7640693

Claim:
A snake fence for catching snakes, said snake fence comprising, first and second rectangular layers of netting having mesh openings of each said layers of netting being proportionately smaller than a diameter of a snake to be caught, each of said layers of netting formed of polyethylene or polyurethane, each of said layers of netting having a first end and a longitudinally spaced opposing second end, a first and second stake, each stake being round, steel, and vertically disposed to be placed into a ground surface, each stake having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the first stake directly attached to the first end of the first layer of netting at the first end of said first stake and the first stake directly attached to the first end of the second layer of netting at the second end of the first stake, the second stake directly attached to the second end of the first layer of netting at the first end of said second stake and directly attached to the second end of the second layer of netting at the second end of the second stake, wherein the layers of netting are horizontally spaced apart from each other by the circumference of the stakes, thereby forming a gap between the layers of netting extending entirely along the lengths of the layers of netting, a plurality of ground staples directly attached to the bottom of each of the layers of netting, each of said ground staples disposed perpendicular to each of the layers of netting thereby extending across the gap between the layers of netting, said ground staples each adapted to be placed into the ground surface to keep the layers of netting in contact with the ground surface to keep snakes from crawling under the layers of netting, each staple being an inverted U-shape, having a horizontal portion extending between two downwardly disposed vertical portions disposed at each end of the horizontal portion, the horizontal portions of each of the staples directly contacting the bottoms of each of the layers of netting and the vertical portions of each of said staples adapted for placement in the ground surface.