Claims
- 1. A device for positioning a part of a patient adjacent an X-ray cassette for the purpose of taking an X-ray, comprising:
- means for positioning a patient adjacent an X-ray cassette comprising a plate and a socket, said plate comprising means for receiving a part of a patient to be X-rayed, said plate defining at least one wall of an elongated cavity that forms said socket and has sufficient width to receive an X-ray cassette,
- said plate having an end, said cavity being adjacent said end, said plate having an area for receiving the part, of the patient, to be X-rayed,
- said cavity being located between said area and said end,
- said plate having an upper surface for receiving said part of a patient and an under surface, said socket having a portion extending further downwardly than said under surface, and
- support means for supporting said plate at a location spaced from said end.
- 2. A device as defined in claim 1 in which said support means has a thickness about equal to the amount that the socket extends further downwardly than said under surface so that said plate will be substantially level when the device is placed on a horizontal surface.
- 3. A device as defined in claim 2 in which said support means has sufficient thickness to permit an X-ray cassette to be placed on said surface and under said plate.
- 4. A device as defined in claim 1 in which said socket comprises means for holding an X-ray cassette upright.
- 5. A device as defined in claim 2 in which said support means is elongated.
- 6. A device as defined in claim 2 in which said support means and said plate have mating means for temporarily connecting said support means and said plate together.
- 7. A device as defined in claim 6 in which said socket is elongated and in which said support means in elongated and said mating means permits said support means to be attached to said plate with different orientations relative to said socket.
RELATED CASES
This application is a continuation-in-part of my prior application Ser. No. 08/567,038 filed Dec. 4, 1995, entitled Apparatus for Positioning a Patient for taking an x-ray, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,640,439, which application was in turn a continuation-in-part of my application Ser. No. 08/265,111 filed Jun. 24, 1994, entitled Method of and Apparatus for Positioning a Patient for the Taking of an X-ray, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,973,664, which application was in turn a continuation-in-part of my application Ser. No. 07/820,075 filed Jan. 13, 1992, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,226,068.
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