ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,451, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to FIBRO GmbH (Weinsberg, Germany).

"Slider arrangement" was invented by Markus Meyer (Wangen im Allgaeu, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A slider arrangement (1) has a wedge drive tool with a slider upper portion (10) and a slider lower portion (20) which, due to a relative movement with respect to the slider upper portion (10), can be displaced along guides (30) from an initial position into a working position and vice versa. At least one return device (40) is provided in order to bring about the initial position of the slider upper portion (10) and slider lower portion (20), wherein the re...