Patent ID: 7701528

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a liquid crystal display panel; and a direct light backlight structural body which is arranged on a back surface of the liquid crystal display panel, wherein the backlight structural body includes: a plurality of fluorescent lamps which is arranged in parallel to each other between a trough-shaped back surface plate and a frame-shaped mold frame in a state that the plurality of fluorescent lamps faces the back surface plate in an opposed manner; a side mold frame which is mounted on the back surface plate and covers electrode portions of the fluorescent lamps; and a reflection sheet which is arranged between the back surface plate and the fluorescent lamps as well as between the back surface plate and the side mold frame, and an end portion of the side mold frame includes an extending portion which is formed in a state that the extending portion extends to a position outside a side wall portion of the back surface plate and, at the same time, is bent along a raised portion of the reflection sheet.