ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,014, issued on Feb. 18, 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), 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 assembly includes a first rail, a second rail, a slide-facilitating device, and a retaining member. The second rail is movably mounted in a channel of, and is longitudinally displaceable with respect to, the first rail. The slide-facilitating device is movably mounted bet...