Portable serialography apparatus with a pair of swingable housings for supporting X-ray film cassettes

Claim 1

A HAND PORTABLE SERIALOGRAPHY APPARATUS FOR USE IN X-RAY DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES, COMPRISING; (A) A PAIR OF HOUSINGS EACH OF GENERALLY PARALLELEPIPED CONFIGURATION, HAVING A PAIR OF OPPOSED PARALLEL SIDE WALLS JOINED TO A PAIR OF OPPOSED PARALLEL END WALLS, SAID SIDE AND END WALLS EACH BEING JOINED TO A TOP WALL AND TO A BOTTOM WALL, SAID HOUSINGS BEING CONNECTED TO ONE ANOTHER ADJACENT ONE OF THEIR CONSPONDING SIDE WALLS FOR SWINGABLE MOVEMENT OF ONE OF SAID HOUSINGS RELATIVE TO THE OTHER THROUGH AN ANGLE OF NINETY DEGREES, EACH OF SAID HOUSINGS HAVING; (1) AN OPENING FORMED IN AN END WALL THEREOF EACH OF SAID OPENINGS BEING CONFIGURED FOR INSERTING A CASSETTE HOLDER INTO AND WITHDRAWING THE SAME FROM EACH OF SAID HOUSING, AND (2) AN OPENING FORMED IN THE WALL THEREOF CONFRONTING THE CORRESPONDING WAL OF THE OTHER OF SAID HOUSINGS, FOR EXPOSING X-RAY FILM CARRIED BY SAID CASSETT HOLDERS; (B) MEANS MOUNTED INTERIORLY OF A SIDE WALL OF ONE OF SAID HOUSINGS, FOR SUPPORTING A PIVOTED MEMBER ADJACENT EACH END OF SAID SIDE WALL OF SAID HOUSING; (C) MEANS MOUNTED INTERIORLY OF A SIDE ALL OF THE OTHER OF SAID HOUSINGS AND ADJACENT EACH END THEREOF, FOR RECEIVING SAID PIVOTED MEMBER; (D) A PIVOTED MEMBER DISPOSED IN EACH OF SAID SUPPORTING MEANS AND EXTENDIG THROUGH EACH OF SAID RECEIVING MEANS; SAID SUPPORTING MEANS BEING FORMED WITH MEANS TO COOPERATE WITH SAID PIVOTED MEMBERS TO PERMIT SAID SWINGABLE MOVEMENT OF SAID HOUSINGS RELATIVE TO ONE ANOTHER, FOR SELECTIVELY DISPOSING ONE OF SAID HOUSINGS EITHER (1) IN A POSITION WHEREIN IT EXTENDS AT A RIGHT ANGLE TO THE POSITION OF THE OTHER HOUSING, OR (2) IN A POSITION WHEREIN IT IS SUPERPOSED OVER SAID OTHER HOUSING; AND (E) MEANS FORMED ON SAID PIVOT MEMBER FOR SECURING SAID HOUSINGS TO ONE ANOTHER IN EACH OF THE AFORENAMED SELECTIVE POSITIONS.