portion 38 the collar member 28 is left free to rotate about the bearing portion of hoist ring mount 12 flange portion 12 provides for the separation of the collar member 28 from the weld the weld is thus prevented from interfering with the rotation of collar member 28 the reverse face of flange portion 12 is provided with a raised boss against which the mating face of collar member 28 turns importantly the torque settings for the retainer screw 36 are less critical than for an equivalent sized prior art screw mount hoist assembly because the shear stresses are not localized across the screw also unlike conventional screw mounted hoist rings if the obverse face of flange 14 is not exactly flat against the surface of the load it is generally of no significant concern because the loads are transmitted through the weld unexpectedly it has been discovered that the weld mount hoist ring of the present invention as compared to an equivalent size prior art screw mount hoist assembly requires a lower installation torque setting and can support greater lifting loads installation of the embodiment of fig7 and 8 is achieved by removing screw 36 to free the hoist ring mount 12 from the lifting loop assembly the entire lifting loop assembly including the lifting loop and the collar member is removed from mount 12 the hoist ring mount 12 is then arc welded along its perimeter.