Patent ID: 7572047

Claim:
A backlight assembly comprising: a lamp generating a light; an optical member disposed over the lamp, the optical member guiding the light; and a receiving container receiving the lamp and the optical member, the receiving container including: a first receiving container including a first member having a first main portion and a second main portion extending from a first end of the first main portion in a direction substantially perpendicular to the first main portion, and a second member having a third main portion substantially parallel to the first main portion and a fourth main portion extending from a first end of the third main portion in a direction substantially perpendicular to the third main portion, the second member being separably coupled to both ends of the first member, and a second receiving container having a bottom plate and sidewalls extended from edges of the bottom plate to form a receiving space, the second receiving container receiving the first receiving container in the receiving space, wherein the first member further comprising: a first engaging portion extended from an end of the second main portion in a direction substantially parallel to the first main portion, the first engaging portion being coupled to a second end of the third main portion, and wherein the second member further comprising: a second engaging portion extending from an end of the fourth main portion in a direction substantially parallel to the third main portion, the second engaging portion being coupled to a second end of the first main portion.