ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,689, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to FOSHAN CITY ARESI TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Foshan, China).

"Guide rail mechanism for an article of furniture" was invented by Tsung-Yao Chen (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A guide rail mechanism includes a fixed rail unit, a movable rail unit slidably mounted on the fixed rail unit, and a tail hook projecting from a top side of the movable rail unit. The tail hook has an upwardly extending section extending upwardly from the movable rail unit, and an insert section extending forwardly from the upwardly extending section and having a taper portion tapered to terminate at a striki...