Patent ID: 8723809

Claim:
A system, comprising: a first compartment configured to contain: a touch screen including a visually observable display screen layer and a touch sensing layer; a deformable glass substrate for protecting the touch screen from premature wear due to at least one of a repeated interfaces and contact with harmful fluids; a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer for coupling the touch screen to the deformable glass substrate by contact with the touch screen and the deformable glass substrate; a substrate support for maintaining a spatial separation between a portion of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and at least one of the deformable glass substrate or the touch screen while air is substantially evacuated from between the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and the at least one of the deformable glass substrate or the touch screen; a first pump coupled to the first compartment, the first pump being configured to substantially evacuate air from the first compartment; a flexible membrane defining a portion of a second compartment adjacent to the first compartment; and a second pump coupled to the second compartment, the second pump being configured to pressurize the second compartment to expand the flexible membrane in the direction of the touch screen, the deformable glass substrate, and the pressure sensitive adhesive layer, thereby compressing the pressure sensitive adhesive layer between the touch screen and the deformable glass substrate.