ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,026, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to KING SLIDE WORKS Co. LTD. (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) and KING SLIDE TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).
"Slide rail kit" was invented by Ken-Ching Chen (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Shun-Ho Yang (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Chiang-Hsueh Fang (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) and Chun-Chiang Wang (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A slide rail kit includes a first rail, a second rail, an elastic member and an engaging member. The first rail is arranged with an engaging feature. The engaging member is movably mounted on the second rail. When the second rail is located at a retracted position relative to the first ...