Abstract: An X-ray table has a cassette holder for receiving an X-ray film cassette and releasably retaining it generally adjacent the lower surface of the table top and at least one collapsible guard rail assembly supported for movement between raised and lowered positions. The guard rail assembly includes a hollow elongated top rail supported above the plane of the table top in said raised position and disposed adjacent an associated side edge of the table top immediately above the cassette holder in said lowered position. The support members which carry each top rail and the means for retaining it in its raised position are substantially wholly disposed within the confines of the hollow top rail in its lowered or collapsed position.

Abstract: An X-ray table has a cassette holder for receiving an X-ray film cassette and releasably retaining it generally adjacent the lower surface of the table top and at least one collapsible guard rail assembly supported for movement between raised and lowered positions. The guard rail assembly includes a hollow elongated top rail supported above the plane of the table top in said raised position and disposed adjacent an associated side edge of the table top immediately above the cassette holder in said lowered position. The support members which carry each top rail and the means for retaining it in its raised position are substantially wholly disposed within the confines of the hollow top rail in its lowered or collapsed position.