Patent ID: 8651237

Claim:
An apparatus for lifting a worker into an elevated work position comprising: a worker support cage configured for engagement with a bucket of a front-end loader, wherein the support cage comprises at least one base member positioned at a bottom portion of the support cage, the base member including a bottom bar and a top bar positioned to form a tapered opening between the bottom bar and the top bar at a rear side of the support cage, the tapered opening configured to receive a blade of the bucket; wherein the cage comprises: an inboard side configured for orientation toward the bucket when engaged with the bucket; an outboard side opposite the inboard side; connecting sides interposed between the inboard and the outboard sides; a personnel access door in at least one of the connecting sides, the access door being hinged to swing inwardly toward an interior of the cage; and a removable safety harness attachment bar configured for insertion into frame members of the inboard side; and wherein the inboard side of the cage is hinged along its bottom so that inboard side of the cage is hinged along its bottom so that inboard side can open outwardly away from an interior of the cage.