Patent ID: 8066393

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a liquid crystal panel; a backlight which radiates light to the liquid crystal panel; a light emitting element mounted on the backlight; a light guide plate mounted on the backlight, the light emitting element being mounted along a side surface of the light guide plate; a reflection/scattering member being formed on the light guide plate for directing light which advances from the light emitting element mounted along the side surface of the light guide plate through the light guide plate; and teardrop-shaped lenses formed on a light radiation surface of the light guide plate and being elongated along the advancing direction of the light emitted from the light emitting element mounted along the side surface of the light guide plate; wherein each of the teardrop-shaped lenses is configured to gradually change a radius thereof along the advancing direction of the light which advances through the light guide plate therein.