Display device with first and second elastic spacers extending in parallel on opposite surfaces of a display panel and having different hardness at corresponding locations

A display device comprising:

• a display panel;
• a first frame and a second frame;
• and
• a first elastic spacer and a second elastic spacer arranged on a peripheral portion of a first surface and a second surface the display panel, respectively, so as to extend in parallel to one another with respect to the peripheral portion of the display panel, the first elastic spacer being arranged between the first surface of the display panel and the first frame, and the second elastic spacer being arranged between the second surface of the display panel and the second frame;
• wherein a hardness of at least one of the first elastic spacer and the second elastic spacer varies along an elongated direction of the at least one of the first elastic spacer and the second electric spacer;
• wherein the hardness of the first elastic spacer varies along the elongated direction of the first elastic spacer, and the second elastic spacer is arranged in parallel to correspond in location to the first elastic spacer, and the hardness of a first portion of the second elastic spacer which corresponds in location to a high-hardness portion of the first elastic spacer is low, and the hardness of a second portion of the second elastic spacer which corresponds in location to a low-hardness portion of the first elastic spacer is high.