ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,705, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Accuride International GmbH (Diez, Germany).
"Slide-stop device" was invented by Robert Male (Northampton, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A slide-stop device designed and adapted for wedge engagement with opposing internal sur-faces of a linear motion slide track having an essentially C-shaped cross-sectional profile. The slide-stop device includes two lateral engagement sections extending essentially parallel to the longitudinal direction on opposite sides of the slide-stop device and having engagement surfaces facing outwardly in opposite transverse directions of the slide-stop ...