ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,089, issued on Sept. 30, 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 is adapted to be engaged with an engaging member, and includes a track and a limiting mechanism. The track includes a base wall, two side walls, and two pivoting slots. The limiting mechanism includes first and second operating members, a limiting member, and first and second connecting members. The first operating member is operable for driv...