Patent ID: 7460194

Claim:
A flat display device comprising: a flat display panel provided with a first main surface having a display region in which an image is displayed and a second main surface opposed to the first main surface; a frame which is located on the second main surface side of the flat display panel and holds the flat display panel; and a frame-shaped bezel fixed to the frame and holds the flat display panel between the frame and the bezel, the bezel including a surface portion which has an end side on the boundary with the display region of the flat display panel and covers the first main surface of the flat display panel with the display region exposed, a side face portion which covers at least a part of a side face of the frame, a reverse portion which extends covering at least a part of a reverse surface of the frame, a fixed portion provided on the reverse portion of the bezel and fixed to the frame by a screw, and a stress easing portion including a slit which is formed in the side face portion and extends parallel to the end side across a shortest path directly extending from the screw toward the end side on the bezel and eases stress which is generated in screwing the screw in a direction which would otherwise tend to separate the surface portion and the flat display panel from each other.