Patent ID: 8687137

Claim:
A liquid crystal display (LCD), comprising: a backlight unit; an optical sheet disposed above the backlight unit; and a liquid crystal panel disposed above the optical sheet, wherein a protection layer is disposed between the liquid crystal panel and the optical sheet in order to contact and thus support the liquid crystal panel when the liquid crystal panel is bended; the liquid crystal display further comprises a mold frame disposed on one side of the LCD, a first protrusion located between the protection layer and the liquid crystal panel and a second protrusion located between the protection layer and the optical sheet being disposed on the mold frame for holding the protection layer therebetween, and the first and the second protrusions projecting from a side portion of the mold frame towards a display area of the liquid crystal panel; and a gap between the protection layer and the liquid crystal panel is in a range of 0.2-0.3 mm.