Patent ID: 8665388

Claim:
A display assembly comprising: a display unit; a pair of transparent plates larger than the display unit and comprising a front plate and a rear plate bonded respectively to a front surface and a rear surface of the display unit; and an adhesive disposed between an inner surface of the front plate and the front surface of the display unit and between an inner surface of the rear plate and the rear surface of the display unit, wherein each of the front plate and the rear plate overlap beyond an edge of the display unit to form an overlapping region, wherein the adhesive fills the overlapping region about the periphery of the display unit, wherein tape comprising opaque material is secured in the overlapping region to the inner surface at an edge of the front plate and the inner surface at an edge of the rear plate such that the adhesive in the region of the tape bonds with the tape and not directly with the inner surface of the front plate and the inner surface of the rear plate, wherein the tape folds over the edge of the front plate and the rear plate to form a first part and a second part that is smaller than the first part, and wherein the fold positions the first part of the tape on the inner surface of the front plate and the rear plate and the second part of the tape on the side surface.