ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,950, issued on May 19, 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), Fang-Cheng Su (Kaohsiung City, Taiwan), Yue-Hua Tang (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, an aid-sliding device, a compensating device and a third rail. The aid-sliding device is movably mounted between the first rail and the second rail. The compensating device is movably mounted on the...