ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,994, issued on Aug. 5, 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), Shun-Ho Yang (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Kai-Wen Yu (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, an auxiliary member, a blocking member and an operating member. The auxiliary member is arranged on the second rail. The blocking member is pivotally connected to the second rail. When the second rail is located at an extended posi...