Patent ID: 7750992

Claim:
A backlight assembly comprising: a receiving container including a bottom plate and sidewalls protruded from edges of the bottom plate to form a receiving space; a light exiting device disposed in the receiving space; and a liquid crystal display panel supporting member including a first supporting member frame portion, a second supporting member frame portion and a particle interceptor, the first supporting member frame portion having an opening formed in an internal face of the first supporting member frame portion, the second supporting member frame portion being vertically extended directly from the first supporting member frame portion, a side face of the liquid crystal display panel that is to be mounted on the liquid crystal display panel supporting member facing an inner side face of the second supporting member frame portion, the second supporting member frame portion fixing the liquid crystal display panel and substantially blocks translation of the liquid crystal display panel in a horizontal direction substantially normal to the vertical extension of the second supporting member frame portion, the particle interceptor having at least one recess directly formed therein and being formed in a shape of a closed loop along a first face of the first supporting member frame portion facing the bottom plate of the liquid crystal display panel, the particle interceptor preventing particles from infiltrating into an image display region of the liquid crystal display panel; and wherein the particle interceptor has a rectangular cross sectional shape except for the at least one recess directly formed therein.