Patent ID: 7764344

Claim:
A method for assembling a ruggedized information display comprising selecting a first flexible display member, and a second rigid cover plate planar member; and a third backlight means member to illuminate said first flexible display member and said second rigid cover plate planar member, arranging said first flexible display member and said second rigid cover plate planar member in a closely-spaced apart position, said first flexible display member and said second rigid cover plate planar member arranged with a spacing element to define an assembly with a volume space therebetween, orienting said assembly to a first vertical position, filling approximately eighty percent of said volume space with an optically transparent gel, tilting said assembly at a first angle with said second rigid cover plate planar member facing in a downward direction in a manner to permit distribution of said gel between said first and second members, reorienting said assembly to a second vertical position and heating said assembly for a time and at a temperature to effectively cure said gel, thereby allowing said first flexible member to be urged into a plane parallel to said second cover plate rigid planar member and bonded thereto without causing significant deformation of said first flexible member, said third backlight means member adapted to provide a uniform distribution of light intensity across said second rigid cover plate planar member and said third backlight means member.