Patent for Michael Jackson’s Anti-Gravity Shoes in “Smooth Criminal”
Post by Danny Lamas. Follow me on Twitter.
Michael Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal” video featured a famous 45-degree lean assisted by patenting special shoes to achieve the effect of defying gravity:
“A system for allowing a shoe wearer to lean forwardly beyond his center of gravity by virtue of wearing a specially designed pair of shoes which will engage with a hitch member movably projectable through a stage surface. The shoes have a specially designed heel slot which can be detachably engaged with the hitch member by simply sliding the shoe wearer’s foot forward, thereby engaging with the hitch member.”
Looks like MJ filed the patent himself, and it certainly worked out well for him. Very cool find. Check out the live performance of Smooth Criminal to see the wild effect.
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