Spacer A for display apparatus

A display apparatus comprising:

• a display panel having a rectangular shape which has (i) a front surface comprising a display area for displaying an image and a non-display area surrounding the display area, and (ii) a rear surface which is opposite to the front surface;
• an optical sheet having a rectangular shape which has (i) a front surface facing the rear surface of the display panel, and (ii) a rear surface which is opposite to the front surface;
• a light guide plate having a rectangular shape which has a front surface facing the rear surface of the optical sheet, the front surface of the light guide plate has (i) a central region which is contact with the rear surface of the optical sheet and (ii) a peripheral region out of the central region which is not in contact with the rear surface of the optical sheet;
• a spacer which extends in a longitudinal direction of a side surface of the light guide plate and is disposed between the light guide plate and the display panel so as to form a space between the front surface of the light guide plate and the rear surface of the display panel at which the optical sheet is arranged,
• wherein
• the rear surface of the display panel has an attached region which is opposite to the non-display area of the front surface of the display panel,
• the spacer consists of:
• a panel attaching part having a flat plate shape elongating in the longitudinal direction which has a front surface in contact with the attached region in the rear surface of the display panel;
• and
• a light-guide-plate attaching part having a flat plate shape elongating in the longitudinal direction which continues to the panel attaching part and has a rear surface in contact with the peripheral region in the front surface of the light guide plate;
• and
• a connecting part having a flat plate shape elongating in the longitudinal direction which connects the panel attaching part and the light-guide-plate attaching part, and
• wherein the spacer has a crank-shaped cross-section orthogonal to the longitudinal direction such that the panel attaching part and the light-guide-plate attaching part extend away from the connecting part in opposite directions, and
• in a view along a front-rear direction, an outer edge of the light-guide-plate attaching part is located outside an outer edge of the panel attaching part or is located at the same as the outer edge of the panel attaching part,
• in the view along the front-rear direction, the spacer is arranged outside the display area of the front surface of the display panel and inside the front surface of the light guide plate,
• the spacer does not connect to any portions which are configured outside of the light guide plate, and
• the spacer contacts with the display panel via only the front surface of the panel attaching part, and contacts with the light guide plate via only the rear surface of the light-guide-plate attaching part.