Patent ID: 8881492

Claim:
A window buck comprising: a first surface having a first front edge, a first back edge, and a first width between said first front edge and said first back edge, a first side edge, a second side edge, and a first length between said first side edge and said second side edge; a second surface having a second front edge, a second back edge, and a second width between said second front edge and said second back edge, a third side edge, a fourth side edge, and a second length between said third side edge and said fourth side edge, said second surface arranged parallel to said first surface; a rear surface having an inner edge, an outer edge, and a height between said inner edge and said outer edge, a fifth side edge, a sixth side edge, and a third length between said fifth side edge and said sixth side edge, the rear surface perpendicular to said first and second surfaces with said outer edge connected to said first back edge and said inner edge connected to said second back edge; a beveled surface connected to said first and second front edges such that said first width is greater than said second width, said beveled surface having a seventh side edge, an eighth side edge, and a fourth length between said seventh side edge and said eight side edge; a first end surface connected to said first, third, fifth, and seventh side edges; a second end surface connected to said second, fourth, sixth, and eighth side edges; a cross-section defining a right trapezoid in a width-height coordinate plane dimensioned by the widths and the height; wherein said window buck has a longitudinal axis and said beveled surface slopes downwardly substantially perpendicularly with respect to said longitudinal axis; wherein said window buck is secured to a window opening having a window opening surface, said window opening surface having a window opening surface outer edge, a window opening surface inner edge, a window opening surface width between said window opening surface outer edge and said window opening outer inner edge, a first window opening surface edge, a second window opening surface edge, and a window opening surface length, such that said first surface of said window buck abuts said window opening surface with the beveled surface proximate the window opening surface outer edge.