Abstract: A ladder caddy for attachment to a side rail of a ladder to provide an attachment support for tools, paint can etc., the caddy having a J-shaped frame to straddle a side rail with a dual bight in one embodiment to provide built in capability to fit two ranges of width of ladder side rails and rung catch means for engagement with a surface of one of the ladder rungs. In one embodiment the rung catch means is a rung insert of star-shaped section having trimmable lobes, to permit selective fitting of the support plug to the interior surface of the ladder rung in the use of ladders where the interior of the rungs are accessible; a further embodiment has rung catch means comprising an internal hook member for insertion within a ladder rung, and in another embodiment the rung catch means comprises a hook to engage externally over the ladder rung, being useable with most types of ladder.

Abstract: An accessories attachment device is provided for use when working on a ladder, having an adjustable frame portion for attachment to a ladder in hooked securing relation thereto, with accessory attachment means to receive a workman's accessory such as a paint can holding device, a pail or a pulley wheel, and rapid release means to detachably secure the accessory attachment means to the frame means in readily released relation therewith.