Patent ID: 7082728

Claim:
A method of installing an electrical box in insulated concrete form building systems that utilize insulated forms to form concrete elements, the insulated forms being left in place after the concrete has been poured thereby creating an overall insulated concrete element that includes the concrete and the insulated forms, the insulated form including foam insulation having a front and a back surface, the method comprising the steps of: providing an electrical box having a main body that defines an electrical box cavity for housing electrical outlets, switches, and electrical connections, the electrical box including an attaching arrangement for attaching the electrical box to the insulated form, the attaching arrangement of the electrical box including opposing mounting flanges for gripping the foam insulation of the insulated forms, before pouring concrete into the insulated concrete form, forming an opening into an edge of the foam insulation, and before pouring concrete into the insulated concrete form, attaching the electrical box to the foam insulation of the insulated form without requiring the use of any additional fasteners to attach the electrical box to the insulated form by slipping the electrical box into the opening in the foam insulation such that the opposing mounting flanges grip the front and the back surfaces of the foam insulation and hold the electrical box within the opening formed into the edge of the foam insulation of the insulated form.