Abstract:
In a surface illuminant device provided with a light source for emitting light, a nonwoven fabric configured as a diffusion member for diffusing the light, and an optical sheet disposed on at least one of the back side and the front side of the nonwoven fabric, both the nonwoven fabric and the optical sheet are at least fixed with a fixing part in the area of one edge side of the nonwoven fabric in a first direction along the surface direction, and for one fixing part, a part of the area is fixed in a direction along at least one edge.