Patent ID: 6899201

Claim:
A hoop for a safety cage assembly of a ladder, comprising: a rigid arcuate band having a first face, a second face, a first end and a second end; means for securing each of the first end and the second end to a ladder; a plurality of keyholes openings extending through the band between the first face and the second face; and a plurality of detachable tubing clamps, each of the tubing clamps having tubing receiving jaws defining a tubing receiving opening with an axis, the tubing receiving jaws having an exterior mounted projecting attachment key, in a first orientation the attachment key passing freely in and out through a selected one of the keyhole openings in the band, in a second orientation the attachment key being locked within the second keyhole opening and the tubing receiving jaws being oriented with the axis of the tubing receiving opening positioned transversely in relation to the band.