Light reflecting assembly

1. A light reflecting assembly for a backlight module comprising:

a cabinet including a bottom part, two first side parts and two second side parts, the first and second side parts extending frontward from peripheral portions of the bottom part, respectively, the first and second side parts defining an interior of the cabinet therebetween; and

a light reflecting member arranged relative to the cabinet to reflect light emitted from a light source, the light reflecting member including

a center reflecting part having two first opposite side portions and two second opposite side portions,

four peripheral parts extending from the first and second opposite side portions of the center reflecting part, respectively, the peripheral parts at least partially forming trapezoidal peripheral reflecting parts of the light reflecting member, respectively, the trapezoidal peripheral reflecting parts each having a lower base and an upper base while the light reflecting member is attached to the cabinet, and

a tongue part extending from an end edge of one of the peripheral parts towards an adjacent one of the peripheral parts, the tongue part at least partially overlapping with the adjacent one of the peripheral parts while the light reflecting member is attached to the cabinet,

the end edge of the one of the peripheral parts being arranged to form a corner section of the light reflecting member at a corner portion of the center reflecting part while the light reflecting member is attached to the cabinet.

2. The light reflecting assembly according to claim 1 , wherein

an overlapping portion of the tongue part that overlaps with the adjacent one of the peripheral parts while the light reflecting member is attached to the cabinet is entirely disposed within an area enclosed by the end edge of the one of the peripheral parts, an end edge of the adjacent one of the peripheral parts and an imaginary line extending between outer ends of the end edges of the one of the peripheral parts and the adjacent one of the peripheral parts.

3. The light reflecting assembly according to claim 1 , wherein

the tongue part of the light reflecting member has a peripheral edge with first and second ends, with the first end of the peripheral edge being located closer to the corner portion of the center reflecting part than the second end of the peripheral edge.

4. The light reflecting assembly according to claim 3 , wherein

the peripheral edge of the tongue part is disposed on a rear side of the adjacent one of the peripheral parts while the light reflecting member is attached to the frame.

5. The light reflecting assembly according to claim 1 , wherein

while the light reflecting member is attached to the cabinet, the center reflecting part and the peripheral parts being disposed within the interior of the cabinet, the peripheral parts being slanted with respect to the center reflecting part, respectively, and the peripheral parts extending in an opening direction of the cabinet and outward from the first and second opposite side portions of the center reflecting part, respectively.

6. The light reflecting assembly according to claim 1 , wherein

the light reflecting member further includes four extension parts that extend from outer edges of the peripheral parts, respectively.

7. The light reflecting assembly according to claim 6 , wherein

the extension parts are arranged parallel to the center reflecting part of the light reflecting member while the light reflecting member is attached to the cabinet.

8. The light reflecting assembly according to claim 7 , wherein

the light reflecting member has a first depth measured between the center reflecting part and the extension parts in a direction perpendicular to the center reflecting part while the light reflecting member is attached to the cabinet, and

the cabinet has a second depth measured between an inner surface of the bottom part and a top surface of one of the first and second side parts in a direction perpendicular to the inner surface of the bottom part, with the second depth of the cabinet being larger than the first depth of the light reflecting member, at least part of the center reflecting part of the light reflecting member being spaced apart from the inner surface of the bottom part while the light reflecting member is attached to the cabinet.

9. The light reflecting assembly according to claim 8 , wherein

while the light reflecting member is attached to the cabinet, an inner edge of one of the extension parts is aligned with an inner edge of the top surface of one of the first and second side parts on which the one of the extension parts is disposed as viewed in the direction perpendicular to the center reflecting part.

10. The light reflecting assembly according to claim 6 , further comprising

a plurality of optical sheets disposed on the light reflecting member, the optical sheets at least partially overlapping with the extension parts of the light reflecting member as viewed in a direction perpendicular to the center reflecting part while the light reflecting member is attached to the cabinet.

11. The light reflecting assembly according to claim 6 , wherein

while the light reflecting member is attached to the cabinet, the extension parts are disposed on the first and second side parts of the cabinet, respectively.

12. The light reflecting assembly according to claim 6 , wherein

the extension parts are disposed along entire lengths of the outer edges of the peripheral parts, respectively.

13. The light reflecting assembly according to claim 12 , wherein

the extension parts have an overall rectangular shape.

14. The light reflecting assembly according to claim 12 , wherein

the extension parts have a first width measured in a widthwise direction perpendicular to a lengthwise direction of the extension parts, and

the first side parts and the second side parts have a second width measured in the widthwise direction, with the second width being larger than the first width.

15. The light reflecting assembly according to claim 1 , wherein

the trapezoidal peripheral reflecting parts each have an isosceles trapezoidal shape.

16. The light reflecting assembly according to claim 1 , wherein

one of the first and second side parts of the cabinet extends perpendicularly frontward with respect to the bottom part, and

the one of the first and second side parts of the cabinet and corresponding one of the peripheral parts that is adjacently opposite the one of the first and second side parts of the cabinet define a spacing therebetween while the light reflecting member is attached to the cabinet.

17. A backlight module comprising:

the light reflecting assembly according to claim 1 ; and

at least one light source that emits light.

18. The backlight module according to claim 17 , wherein

the at least one light source includes a plurality of light sources arranged with respect to the cabinet, the light sources being symmetrically arranged relative to the cabinet with respect to a horizontal center plane of the backlight module.

19. The backlight module according to claim 17 , wherein

the center reflecting part has at least one through hole through which the at least one light source is supported relative to the cabinet.

20. The backlight module according to claim 18 , wherein

the center reflecting part has a plurality of through holes through which the light sources are supported relative to the cabinet.