Patent ID: 8384843

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a liquid crystal display panel in which a display surface including a display area is disposed upright; a frame including an aperture opposed to the display area, disposed leaving a space between an inner surface of the frame and the display surface of the liquid crystal display panel; and a rail-shaped member extending in a horizontal direction and affixed to the display surface of the liquid crystal display panel, below the display area, in such a way that no portion of the rail-shaped member comes into contact with the frame, the rail-shaped member is affixed only in a position in which no portion of the rail-shaped member is opposed to the inner surface of the frame; and a rail-shaped elastic body extending in the horizontal direction and affixed to the inner surface of the frame opposing the display surface, in a position below the rail-shaped member, in such a way as to leave a space between the rail-shaped elastic body and the display surface of the liquid crystal display panel.