Patent ID: 8727406

Claim:
A roundsling for lifting loads, the roundsling comprising an inner non-interwoven structure and a covering which receives the inner non-interwoven structure, the covering taking the form of a hollow braided structure and its end portions being inserted in one another and being connected together to overlap one another in a connection zone, wherein there is formed, in an end portion which is on an outside in the connection zone, at least one lateral opening which leads to a circumferential surface of the end portion which is on the outside in the connection zone, and wherein there is held, in an end portion which is on an inside in the connection zone, a securing member which is passed through an opening in that end portion which is on the outside in the connection zone, wherein the securing member is formed to be of a flexible strip, tape or cable, wherein the securing member is run so as to rest against an inner surface of said end portion which is on the inside in the connection zone and to lie against the inner non-interwoven structure, and wherein at least one end portion of the securing member is passed around the connection zone to another end portion of the securing member, and wherein the end portions of the securing member are firmly and non-releasably connected together.