ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,008, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to KING SLIDE WORKS Co. LTD. (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) and KING SLIDE TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).

"Slide rail mechanism" was invented by Ken-Ching Chen (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Shun-Ho Yang (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Wei-Chen Chang (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) and Chun-Chiang Wang (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A slide rail mechanism is provided and includes a supporting frame and a slide rail assembly. The supporting frame includes a disengaging feature. The slide rail assembly is movable with respect to the supporting frame. The slide rail assembly includes a first rail and a second rail....