ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,711, issued on July 29, 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), Shih-Lung Huang (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Yi-Syuan Jhao (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 configured to a cabinet. The slide rail mechanism includes a first rail assembly, a second rail assembly and a working member. The first and second assemblies are arranged on the cabinet. The working member is shiftable with respect to the cabinet. When a ...