Patent ID: 7190423

Claim:
A liquid crystal monitor comprising: a liquid crystal module including: a direct backlight containing a reflector; a liquid crystal panel; and an upper frame holding said direct backlight and said liquid crystal panel; a liquid crystal monitor member; and a compartment frame covering an assembly formed by attaching together said liquid crystal module and said liquid crystal monitor member through a receiving portion of said liquid crystal module and an attachment portion of said liquid crystal monitor member, wherein, said liquid crystal monitor being further constructed such that said receiving portion of said liquid crystal module is provided so as not to protrude from a circumference defined by primary faces of said direct backlight, said liquid crystal panel and said upper frame, wherein said receiving portion of said liquid crystal module is provided in a reflector of said direct backlight and disposed in a space between an inclined face of said reflector and said upper frame of said liquid crystal module, and wherein said receiving portion of said liquid crystal module is formed by extending a part of said reflector in a direction parallel to a primary face of said reflector.