Patent ID: 7883230

Claim:
A backlight assembly comprising: a lamp that generates light; a diffusion member to diffuse the light generated from the lamp; a supporting member to support the diffusion member to maintain a distance between the lamp and the diffusion member; a receiving container to receive the lamp and the supporting member, the receiving container including a combining hole to receive a portion of the supporting member; a light leakage blocking member disposed under the lamp between the supporting member and the receiving container to block light leakage through the combining hole; and a reflecting plate interposed between the supporting member and the receiving container, wherein the light leakage blocking member is interposed between the reflecting plate and the supporting member, the light leakage blocking member overlapping the reflecting plate without covering the combining hole, wherein the supporting member comprises: a base substrate; a lamp clip protruded from the base substrate in a first direction to hold the lamp; a supporting part protruded from the base substrate in the first direction to support the diffusion member; and a fixing clip protruded from the base substrate in a second direction to be inserted into the combining hole so that the supporting member is combined with the receiving container.