Patent ID: 8792252

Claim:
A display apparatus, comprising: a display panel including lower and upper substrates confronting each other, and a film member combined with the upper substrate; and a panel support member to support the display panel to expose the front and lateral sides of the display panel to the outside, wherein an upper side portion of the upper substrate is manufactured to have a first incline with a first gradient, and wherein each side portion of the film member is manufactured to have a second incline with a second gradient, and wherein the film member includes: an upper polarizing film which is combined with the front surface of the upper substrate, wherein each side portion of the upper polarizing film is manufactured to have the second incline with the second gradient; and a retarder film which is combined with an entire front surface of the upper polarizing film, wherein each side portion of the retarder film is manufactured to have a third incline with a third gradient.