Patent ID: 8553171

Claim:
A display device comprising: a display panel displaying images; a light source generating and supplying light to the display panel; and a unitary indivisible frame supporting the display panel and including the light source disposed therein, the frame including: a bottom surface, a plurality of sidewalls which each extend from the bottom surface, a plurality of seating portions which each extend from a respective sidewall of the plurality of sidewalls, and on which the display panel is disposed; and a plurality of support protrusions protruding from the seating portions and facing a lateral side surface of the display panel, wherein the bottom surface, the plurality of sidewalls, the plurality of seating portions and the plurality of support protrusions are disposed continuous with each other in the unitary indivisible frame, a first seating portion extends directly from the respective sidewall and towards an exterior side of the frame, and a first support protrusion includes a first portion overlapping the lateral side surface of the display panel and a second portion overlapping an upper surface of the display panel at outer edges of the display panel.