ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,059, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to KING SLIDE WORKS Co. LTD. (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) and KING SLIDE TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).
"Slide rail assembly" was invented by Ken-Ching Chen (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Hsiu-Chiang Liang (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) and Chun-Chiang Wang (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A slide rail assembly includes a first rail, a second rail, a controlling member, an aiding member, a working member and a resilient structure. When the second rail is pulled from a retracted position relative to the first rail, the controlling member and the working member abut against each other to generate an ac...