ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,706, issued on Sept. 30, 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 locking member, a driving member and an operating member. The second rail is movable relative to the first rail. The locking member is configured to lock the second rail relative to the first rail at a predetermined position....