ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,293, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to King Slide Works Co. Ltd. (Kaohsiung City, Taiwan) and King Slide Technology Co. Ltd. (Kaohsiung City, Taiwan).

"Slide rail mechanism" 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 mechanism includes a first rail, a movable rail, a locking member and a predetermined component. The movable rail is movable relative to the first rail. When the locking member is in a locking state, the locking member is configured to be bloc...