Apparatus to enable rapid use of a densitometer

Claim 1

A STAND HAVING AN UPWARDLY AND REARWARDLY INCLINED PLATFORM; A HORIZONTAL, TRANSVERSE RAIL EXTENDING FORWARDLY AND UPWARDLY FROM SAID PLATFORM, AND DISPOSED ADJACENT THE UPPER END OF SAID PLATFORM; A DEVICE COMPRISING AN INTERMEDIATE PORTION HAVING MEANS ENGAGING SAID RAIL, A DENSITOMETER SCANNER UNIT FIXED TO SAID INTERMEDIATE PORTION AND EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY AND FORWARDLY THEREFORM; AND OVERLYING SAID PLATFORM, A COUNTERBALANCING MEMBER EXTENDING REARWARDLY OF SAID INTERMEDIATE PORTION. A TRANSVERSE BAR FIXED TO THE REAR UPPER END OF SAID PLATFORM AND BEING INCLINED REARWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY AND FORMED AT ITS REAR EDGE WITH SPACED REARWARDLY OPENING NOTCHES AND WITH ELONGATED STRAIGHT REAR EDGE PORTIONS BETWEEN THE NOTCHES, AND MEANS ON SAID COUNTERBALANCING MEMBER ENGAGEABLE IN SAID NOTCHES, SELECTIVELY; THE WEIGHT OF THE DEVICE FORWARDLY OF SAID INTERMEDIATE PORTION BEING SOMEWHAT GREATER THAN THE WEIGHT OF THE COUNTERBALANCING MEMBER. SAID DEVICE BEING TILTABLE ABOUT SAID RAIL TO SPACE THE UNIT UP ABOVE THE PLATFORM, AND TO MOVE SAID NOTCH ENGAGING MEANS REARWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY OUT OF THE NOTCH TO PERMIT SHIFTING OF SAID DEVICE SIDEWAYS.