Patent ID: 7268840

Claim:
A display device comprising: a first transparent substrate having an internal side and an external side and an electrode; a second transparent substrate having an internal side and an external side and an electrode; a display cell having an electro-optic converting member, the optical characteristic of which is varied with an electric action, sealed between said internal sides of said first and second transparent substrates; a light control member made of an ultraviolet-setting adhering resin that is formed in place directly on and is in direct contact with and adhered to the external side of said first transparent substrate opposite to the internal side thereof in contact with said electro-optic converting member; and at least a light source mounted on an end of said first transparent substrate, wherein: said light control member has an irregular shape due to a plurality of grooves formed in parallel with one edge of said first transparent substrate on which said light source is mounted and the maximum height of a portion of said light control member located near said light source is smaller than the height of an other portion thereof located farther away from said light source.