US Patent 1,637,716, granted 2 August 1927 to Eugen Türck of Barmen-Langerfeld, Germany, for machine-braided lace insertions (motifs) and the method of making them. The lace is braided as a continuous strip in which unused threads are led out into a simple net groundwork, and returned threads form firm selvaged edges so the motifs do not fray when the groundwork is cut away. This allows convex, wavy or zig-zag edges rather than only straight ones. Three sheets of drawings show the lace strip, an enlarged detail and a half-insertion variant, followed by the specification and five claims.