Lighting device, display device and television receiver

Abstract

A backlight unit 12 includes an LED 16 and light guide plates 18. The ELD includes a light emitting surface 16d. Each light guide plate includes a light entrance surface 18b and a light exit surface 18c. The light entrance surface 18b is provided to face the light emitting surface 16d and rays of light emitted from the light emitting surface 16d enter the light entrance surface 18b. The rays of light exit through the light exit surface 18c. The light guide plates are arranged parallel to each other along the light exit surface 18c. The light emitting surface 16d and the light entrance surface 18b are slanted to a surface perpendicular to the light exit surface 18c.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.