Patent ID: 9684112
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: G02B,G02F,G09G,H04N

Claim:
1. A lighting device, comprising: a light source; a light guide plate having a plate shape and including at least one edge surface as a light entrance surface through which light from the light source enters, one plate surface as a light exit surface through which the light exits the light guide plate, and another plate surface as an opposite plate surface being opposite to the light exit surface; a chassis having a bottom plate portion that includes a light guide plate support portion supporting the light guide plate from a side of the opposite plate surface and a light guide plate non-support portion not supporting the light guide plate from the side of the opposite plate surface; and a reflection member that is disposed between the opposite plate surface of the light guide plate and the bottom plate portion of the chassis and reflects the light travelling through the light guide plate toward the light exit surface, the reflection member having an extended reflection portion that extends closer to the light source than the light entrance surface of the light guide plate and having a cutout portion that is formed by cutting out at least a part of a portion of the extended reflection portion overlapping with the light guide plate non-support portion.