ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,593,420, issued on March 31, 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), Chien-Li Huang (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 third rail, a fourth rail and a fifth rail. The second rail and the third rail are respectively movable relative to the first rail. Each of the second rail and the third rail is formed with a...