Patent ID: 7641377

Claim:
A display device comprising: a light guiding plate including a light-emitting surface and provided with a light source at a light-receiving surface thereof; optical sheets provided at a side of the light emitting surface of said light guiding plate; a light source supporting member located inside a frame and supporting said light source, said light source supporting member having a base portion and an extending portion which extends from the base portion; and the frame supporting said light guiding plate on the light emitting surface of said light guiding plate and including a protrusion having a first surface for supporting said light guiding plate on the light-receiving surface of said light guiding plate, and said protrusion having an opposing surface; wherein the extending portion has an end face that substantially overlaps the opposing surface of the protrusion; wherein said light guiding plate and said optical sheets are held by said frame, said opposing surface being in contact or close to an end of said light source supporting member and said protrusion protruding from said frame in a direction of a thickness of the light guiding plate.