ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,902, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Nan Juen International Co. Ltd. (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

"Sliding rail assembly" was invented by Fu-Tien Chang (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The sliding rail assembly includes an outer rail having a positioning feature, an intermediate rail displaceable relative to the outer rail and having a concave surface facing the positioning feature, a first stopper pivotally connected to the concave surface to correspond to a first side portion of the positioning feature; and an operating device movably connected to the outer rail with a push rod thereof placed in the concave surface and loca...