ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,348,010, issued on July 1, was assigned to TRANSGARD LLC (York, Pa.).
"Grounding device for electric fence" was invented by Ryan Escure (York, Pa.) and William Reichard (York, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disclosed electric fence system includes an electric fence; an energizer for generating a plurality of electric pulses applied to the electric fence; a detection circuit for monitoring a voltage of the electric fence; and a grounding device for grounding the electric fence when the electric fence is off. The grounding device is connected to the electric fence, the energizer, the detection circuit, and the ground."
The patent was...