Patent ID: 8154201

Claim:
A display device, comprising: a display panel displaying variable visual images; a transparent protective unit located at a front side of the display panel; an adhesive layer formed between the display panel and the transparent protective unit to adhere the transparent protective unit to the display panel, the adhesive layer contacting an entirety of a front surface of the display panel that faces the transparent protective unit, and the adhesive layer contacting an entirety of a bottom surface of the transparent protective unit that faces the display panel; and a fixing member disposed at a rear side of the display panel and surrounding and fixing side surfaces of the display panel and the adhesive layer, the fixing member comprising: a bottom portion contacting a rear surface of the display panel; and a guide portion extending from an edge of the bottom portion toward the transparent protective unit and contacting side surfaces of the display panel and side surfaces of the adhesive layer, with the guide portion having a greater height than a sum of thicknesses of the display panel and the adhesive layer, the guide portion having a first opening through which a flexible printed circuit board passes, and at least one second opening through which bubbles that are generated during the formation of the adhesive layer are discharged.