German imperial patent no. 164095 by Hermann Gebauer of Bischofswerda for a woven blanket with selvages on all four sides, made from a warp consisting of a single continuous thread laid in loops. The loops are raised and lowered by the heddles for shedding like ordinary warp threads, and the blanket ends are secured by a few plain-weave picks crossing each loop thread individually with a needle. The text describes the loom arrangement (warp beam, cloth beam, cords with snap hooks, heddle shafts, reed) and an auxiliary frame for laying the loops at equal length; three pages of drawings follow.