Patent ID: 8456592

Claim:
A display device comprising: a display panel having a plurality of electrodes and pixels; and an edge type backlight provided adjacent to the display panel, the backlight having a plurality of optical sheets adjacent to the display panel; a light guide panel having at least one light incident area to receive light from a first direction and a light emitting area to emit light received through the light incident area in a second direction towards the plurality of optical sheets, the first and second directions being different directions; at least one light source, at least one incident area of the light guide panel being adjacent to at least one light source to receive light output; a reflector adjacent to the light guide panel to reflect light towards the second direction; and a bottom cover including a plate, the plate provided adjacent to the reflector and having a prescribed length in the first direction and a prescribed width in a third direction, the plate further including at least one post having a first prescribed height, and the reflector and the light guide panel having at least one opening having a second prescribed height to receive the at least one post, wherein the plate further includes at least one peg, the at least one peg having a height less than the at least one post, the at least one post being positioned closer to the at least one light source than the at least on peg, and the at least one post and the peg being separate from each other.