ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,831, issued on Dec. 9, 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, a blocking feature, two operating members and a locking member. The blocking feature is arranged on the first rail. The two operating members and the locking member are movably mounted on the second rail. When the second rail is lo...