ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,179, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to FOSITEK Corp. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Sliding rail" was invented by Chun-Han Lin (New Taipei, Taiwan), Che-Wei Chang (New Taipei, Taiwan), Hao-Ping Wang (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Jia-Wei Pan (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sliding rail adapted to be engaged with an engaging member, and includes a track and a limiting mechanism. The track includes a base wall having first and second ends, and two side walls. The limiting mechanism includes an operating member, a limiting member, first and second positioning members, and a connecting member. The limiting member has a limiting b...