Lifting assembly

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.