Patent ID: 6969192

Claim:
A portable device for taking an X-ray of a human or animal patient comprising: a base means for positioning an X-ray cassette holder adjacent to a patient, said patient being positioned on an operating table, and an X-ray cassette holder means; said base means comprising a first plate member having an upper surface and a bottom surface, said X-ray cassette holder means being positioned on said upper surface and means positioned on said bottom surface for attaching said portable device to a surface adjacent to said operating table; said X-ray cassette holder means comprising a second plate member hingedly attached to said upper surface of said first plate so that said second plate can be selectively positioned between a storage position wherein said second plate lies substantially parallel to said upper surface of said first plate and a functional position wherein said second plate is substantially vertical to said upper surface of said first plate; said second plate defining C-shaped channels at opposite sides thereof for positioning an X-ray film cassette therein adjacent to a portion of the patient to be X-rayed when said second plate is in said functional position; and means for locking said second plate in said functional position.