Patent ID: 8879022

Claim:
A liquid crystal display (LCD) device, comprising: an LCD panel having a color filter and a thin film transistor substrates; a main support including an extended portion for supporting edges of the LCD panel on a front surface of the extended portion; a light guide plate disposed at a rear side of the LCD panel and the extended portion; an optical sheet on the light guide plate between the light guide plate and a rear surface of the extended portion; a first and a second pad supporting portions in the rear surface of the extended portion facing front surfaces of the light guide plate and the optical sheet, the first and the second pad supporting portions including a first and a second concaved grooves facing the front surfaces of the light guide plate and the optical sheet, respectively; a first pad in the first pad supporting portion, with one end surface contacting the first groove, and extending between the extended portion with an opposing end surface in direct contact with the front surface of the light guide plate facing the LCD panel; and a second pad in the second pad supporting portion, with one end surface contacting the second groove, and extending between the extended portion with an opposing end surface in direct contact with the front surface of the optical sheet.