Patent ID: 8004630

Claim:
An LCD apparatus comprising: a light guide plate including a light reflecting surface, a light emitting surface opposite to the light reflecting surface and a side surface; a first chassis including a sidewall and receiving the light guide plate, the first chassis being a vertically unitary and indivisible unit; a second chassis disposed over the first chassis, a first portion of the second chassis making direct contact with the sidewall of the first chassis, the second chassis being a vertically unitary and indivisible unit and including a metal; an LCD panel assembly disposed over the first chassis and facing the light emitting surface, the LCD panel assembly being guided by a guide member of the second chassis to be fixed to the first chassis; and a third chassis disposed over the first chassis, pressing an edge portion of the LCD panel assembly, outwardly combined with the side wall of the first chassis and the second chassis, and making direct contact with both a second portion of the second chassis and the sidewall of the first chassis.