Lifting assembly

Claim 2

A lifting assembly, comprising: a cloverleaf lifting sling in combination with a base of plastics sheet material, said sling having a central portion and four loop portions forming a cloverleaf configuration, said base serving to hold said central portion to maintain the sling in its cloverleaf configuration, and having peripheral sleeve means for storing said loop portions of the sling.

Claim 3

An assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the base comprises two sheets of weldable plastics material between which said central portion of the sling is trapped by welds uniting the sheets.

Claim 4

An assembly as claimed in claim 1 wherein said base is of weldable material and has welds for holding said central portion.

Claim 5

An assembly as claimed in claim 3 or 2, wherein the sling has an outer surface of weldable plastics material and at least some of the welds unite the base with the sling.

Claim 6

An assembly as claimed in claim 4, wherein the welds define inner edges of said peripheral sleeve means.

Claim 7

An assembly as claimed in claim 5, wherein the outer edges of the peripheral sleeve means are closed to contain the loop portions.

Claim 8

An assembly as claimed in claim 6, wherein the peripheral sleeve means comprises sleeves extending along two opposed edges of the base, and each sleeve receives two loop portions extending from opposite ends of the sleeve and overlapping each other.

Claim 9

An assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the base is a single sheet having flaps turned-over to form said sleeve means.

Claim 10

A lifting assembly comprising: a cloverleaf lifting sling in combination with a base of weldable plastics sheet material, said sling having a central portion and four loop portions forming a cloverleaf configuration; said base having welds serving to maintain the sling in its cloverleaf configuration and having peripheral sleeve formations for receiving said loop portions; the sling having an outer surface of weldable plastics material, and at least some of the welds uniting said base with the sling; the welds defining inner edges of said peripheral sleeve formations; the outer edges of said peripheral formations being closed to contain said loop portions; and said peripheral formations extending along two opposed edges of said base, each such formation receiving two loop portions extending from opposite ends of the formation and overlapping each other.

Claim 11

A lifting assembly comprising: a cloverleaf lifting sling in combination with a base of weldable plastics sheet material, said sling having a central portion and four loop portions forming a cloverleaf configuration; said base having welds serving to maintain the sling in its cloverleaf configuration and having peripheral sleeve formations for receiving said loop portions; the sling having an outer surface of weldable plastics material, and at least some of the welds uniting said base with the sling; the welds defining inner edges of said peripheral sleeve formations; the outer edges of said peripheral formations being closed to contain said loop portions; and said peripheral formations extending along two opposed edges of said base, each such formation receiving two loop portions extending from opposite ends of the formation and overlapping each other.

Claim 12

An assembly as claimed in claim 9 wherein said base comprises two sheets of weldable plastics material between which said central portion of the sling is trapped by welds uniting the sheets.