ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,025, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to King Slide Works Co. Ltd. (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) and King Slide Technology Co. Ltd. (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).

"Slide rail mechanism and slide rail assembly thereof" was invented by Ken-Ching Chen (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Shun-Ho Yang (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Kai-Wen Yu (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) and Chun-Chiang Wang (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A slide rail mechanism includes a first slide rail assembly, a second slide rail assembly and an unlocking handle. Each of the slide rail assemblies comprises a first rail, a second rail and a locking member. The first rail and the second rail are movable ...