...When G.G. Hubbard learned of his future son-in-law's invention, he called it "only a toy." His daughter was engaged to a young man named Alexander Graham Bell.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4819914 | Electrical fence for livestock An electrical conducting rope for use on electric fencing of livestock with an inner core of stranded conductor cable and an outer insulating layer of braided synthetic fiber filaments. The inner core is formed of seven cable strands, each formed of seven... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4728080 | Electric fence wire construction An electric fence wire construction is made by plying or weaving coated supporting members, preferably fiberglass coated with polyvinyl chloride, with conducting members, preferably aluminum.... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4526347 | Fence assembly A fence assembly comprises a plurality of panels of expanded metal mesh having a plurality of closed meshes. The panels are arranged in zig-zag relationship, and each panel is joined to another panel by means of portion of some of the meshes of the panel ... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4370823 | Snake trap A device for the trapping of snakes and similar animals having a sheet of netting to be placed on the ground shaped so that a plurality of areas of the netting are substantially non-horizontal to the ground. A snake attempting to traverse the sheet will p... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4301996 | Snake guard A method and apparatus for ensnaring a reptile having overlapping scales or plates over its body including flexible netting across the path of travel of the reptile, the netting having a mesh of sufficient size to allow at least the head portion of the re... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4209153 | Functional mesh or netting A mesh or netting useful for fencing animals comprising a plurality of longitudinal wires mutually connected together in the vertical direction by weft wires, wherein the longitudinal wires as a function of their positions in the vertical direction of the... | 06/24/1980 |
| 4188020 | Knotted wire fencing Knotted wire fencing, e.g. for enclosing a cultivated or uncultivated region which may be traversed by animals or other creatures of various sizes, comprises longitudinal (horizontal) and transverse (vertical) wires forming a mesh and tied together at the... | 02/12/1980 |
| 4182382 | Thermoplastic resin-coated metallic substrate and the method of producing the same through use of a polyamide adhesive layer A metallic substrate and an outer thermoplastic resinous coating are bonded to one another by a resinous polyamide hot melt adhesive prepared by condensation of an unpolymerized amide-forming dicarboxylic-containing compound or polymeric fatty acid with a... | 01/08/1980 |
| 4165864 | Chicken wire border fence A chicken wire border fence comprising a length of chicken wire of relatively narrow width having welded thereto a series of separate heavier gauge cross pieces of wire having end portions thereof extending outwardly from one edge of the length of chicken... | 08/28/1979 |
| 4154429 | Continuous wire means for electrically grounding or charging insulation coated chain link fabric The invention is an improved method for the electrical grounding of insulation coated chain link fabric that is usually used for fences or similar enclosures. The invention provides a continuous wire at the top or bottom, or both, edges of the erected fab... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4154430 | Conductive insulation electrical grounding or charging system for insulation coated chain link fabric The invention is an improved method for electrical grounding of plastics coated chain link fabric that is usually used for fences or similar enclosures. The invention provides a method for grounding by employing an insulating coating containing conductive... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4081148 | Plant support An improved plant support structure formed of relatively rigid, bent steel wire. In one form, the plant support comprises a plurality of wire elements each formed into a plurality of diamond-shaped segments with each element mutually interconnectable to a... | 03/28/1978 |
| 4031284 | Insulated and grounded fence fabric Fence fabric formed of a multiplicity of entwining electrically conductive metal wire cores each coated with a heat disintegrable electrical insulation is rendered susceptible to grounding by disposing each of said metal cores in contact with at least one... | 06/21/1977 |
| 3995870 | Process of manufacturing wrought-iron lattices Pre-shaped wrought-iron rods are placed one beside another in a lattice array, in which node-forming portions of adjacent rods are disclosed close to each other at a plurality of node positions. All node-forming portions at each of said node positions are... | 12/07/1976 |
| 3991980 | Fence border guard The open areas along the lower edge of a wire fence are blocked by two adjacent angle guards on opposite sides of the fence. One of the angle guards includes a bend at the top which overlaps the other shorter angle guard. The bent portion is slotted at in... | 11/16/1976 |