ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,949, issued on July 14, was assigned to KING SLIDE WORKS Co. LTD. (Kaohsiung City, Taiwan) and KING SLIDE TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Kaohsiung City, Taiwan).

"Slide rail assembly" was invented by Ken-Ching Chen (Kaohsiung City, Taiwan), Shun-Ho Yang (Kaohsiung City, Taiwan), Wei-Chen Chang (Kaohsiung City, Taiwan) and Chun-Chiang Wang (Kaohsiung City, 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 blocking feature, a first operating member, a second operating member, an auxiliary member and a locking member. The blocking feature is arranged on the first rail. The first operating member, ...