Patent ID: 7908807
Filing Date: 2011-03-22
Classification: E04B,E04C

Abstract:
1. An insulated concrete form system for constructing the exterior walls and gable ends of a structure on an existing slab or foundation defining a perimeter of the structure and having a plurality of rebar segments disposed in and extending upwardly from the slab or foundation in predetermined, spaced apart relation to each other around the perimeter of the structure, said insulated concrete form panel system comprising: a plurality of substantially solid wall panels having an exterior wall surface and an interior wail surface disposed about the perimeter of the existing slab or foundation and extending upwardly therefrom to define said exterior walls of the structure, a plurality of corner panels having an exterior corner and an interior corner surface of one panel, one of said plurality of corner panels being disposed at each corner defining the perimeter of the structure and extending upwardly therefrom in interconnecting relation between an adjacent pair of said wall panels, and a plurality of gable panels having an exterior gable surface and an interior gable surface, at least one of said plurality of gable panels being disposed on each one of the opposed pair of said exterior walls and extending upwardly therefrom to define said gable ends of the structure, each said wall panel further comprising a tongue in a first lateral edge and corresponding groove in a second opposite lateral edge, each said wall panel, said gable panel and said corner panel further comprising a columnar void extending from a third lateral edge to a fourth lateral edge, a plurality of furring strips received in recesses spaced along said exterior and interior surfaces of said wall panel, said corner panel and said gable panel, and at least one screw member connecting a first furring strip on said respective exterior surface to a second furring strip on said respective interior surface, said screw passing through said void.