Patent ID: 7609355
Filing Date: 2009-10-27
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. A liquid-crystal display device comprising: a concavely curved liquid-crystal panel having front and rear sides, and first and second pairs of opposing edges; concavely curved first spacers installed on the rear side of said liquid-crystal panel, along its first pair of opposing edges; concavely curved second spacers installed on the front side of said liquid-crystal panel, along its first pair of opposing edges, said panel therein being retained along its first pair of opposing edges in between said first and second spacers; third spacers of uniform height, installed on the rear side of said liquid-crystal panel along, for retaining its second pair of opposing edges; a backlight unit arranged rearward of said liquid-crystal panel; a frame supporting said backlight unit, said frame having spacer support portions supporting said first and third spacers; and means for lending optical reflectivity to said first and third spacers, and said spacer support portions along their inner surfaces.