Patent ID: 7371970

Claim:
A rigid-flex printed circuit board system comprising, in combination: a) at least one rigid layer: b) wherein said at least one rigid layer comprises i) at least one top side, and ii) at least one bottom side; c) at least one first flexible layer bonded to at least one first portion of said at least one top side; d) at least one second flexible layer bonded to at least one second portion of said at least one bottom side; e) wherein said at least one rigid layer comprises at least one first structural weakness at least one first selected location; f) wherein said at least one first structural weakness is structured and arranged to facilitate breaking said at least one rigid layer at such at least one first selected location into at least two rigid pieces to provide at least one first flexible connection formed by said at least one first flexible layer between such rigid pieces; g) wherein said at least one rigid layer comprises at least one second structural weakness at at least one second selected location; and h) wherein said at least one second structural weakness is adapted to facilitate breaking said at least one rigid layer at such at least one second selected location into at least two second rigid pieces to provide at least one second flexible connection formed by said at least one second flexible layer between such second rigid pieces.