Patent ID: 7630042

Claim:
An LCD device comprising: first and second substrates opposing each other; gate and data lines crossing each other on the first substrate to define pixel regions; thin film transistors formed at the crossings of the gate lines and data lines; a column spacer formed of a first organic material on a predetermined portion of the second substrate; a protrusion formed of a second organic material on the first substrate substantially corresponding to the position of said column spacer, the protrusion having an upper surface of a dimension relatively smaller than that of said column spacer, wherein the protrusion includes a ball spacer formed on a fixed position of the first substrate; and a liquid crystal layer filled between the first and second substrates, wherein the first organic material and the second organic material have an elastic recovery rate of 60% or greater, the elastic recovery is rate of the first organic material is (L′/L)*100 (here, L′: deformation range of the column spacer to reach a predetermined time period under pressure of a certain level, L: deformation range of the column spacer after the load is completely removed), and wherein the elastic recovery rate of the second organic material is (L′/L)*100 (here, L′: deformation range of the protrusion to reach a predetermined time period under pressure of a certain level, L: deformation range of the protrusion after the load is completely removed).