Patent ID: 9016011
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
1. An internally aligned insulating window and door buck that fits with insulated concrete wall forms that have two side panels having substantially parallel interior faces that are separated from each other by a wall form cavity, said buck comprising: a rough opening frame system comprising a top buck piece, a bottom buck piece, and side buck pieces, each said buck piece having an exterior surface, an interior surface, and first and second outer edge faces that join the exterior surface and the interior surface, said side buck pieces being joinable to the top buck piece and to the bottom buck piece to thereby form a rough opening frame assembly wherein the exterior surfaces of the buck pieces define an opening, with at least one of the buck pieces comprising insulation and the interior surface of said at least one buck piece comprising a first substantially flat face that connects the first outer edge face of the buck to the first alignment face, a second substantially flat face that connects the second outer edge face to the second alignment face, and a gap defined on three sides by an outer edge plane comprising substantially all of the first outer edge face, the first substantially flat face, and the first alignment face, with said alignment faces being substantially perpendicular to said first substantially flat face and said second substantially flat face, said internal alignment element being proportioned to fit inside a cavity of an insulated concrete wall form to position the buck for concrete placement with the internal alignment faces in contact with interior faces of an interior wall form, wherein the interior surface of the buck piece is unitary, and wherein the exterior surface is substantially flat.