Patent ID: 7301699

Claim:
A display device comprising: a display member; a light source arranged in a rear of the display member; and a reflecting member arranged in the rear of the display member in a manner that the reflecting member covers the display member and reflects light emitted from the light source toward the display member, wherein the reflecting member includes a first reflecting surface that is arranged substantially parallel to the display member so as to face the display member through air, the first reflecting surface having a first end and a second end opposite each other, a second reflecting surface and a third reflecting surface, the second and the third reflecting surfaces being arranged between the display member and the first reflecting surface, the second and the third reflecting surfaces are arranged at about the first end of the first reflecting surface in this order from the display member toward the first reflecting surface, the light source is arranged inside the reflecting member at about the second end of the first reflecting surface to emit light toward a side of the first end with a main light axis of the light substantially parallel to a display screen of the display member, the display screen is backlighted with light that is transmitted directly from the light source and via the reflecting member, the second reflecting surface is formed such that the light emitted from the light source is reflected off the second reflecting surface toward the display screen, and the third reflecting surface is formed such that the light emitted from the light source is reflected off the third reflecting surface toward the first reflecting surface and transmitted to the display screen.