Michael Jackson’s Patent, Anti Gravity Lean dance shoes

Michael Jackson

One of Michael Jackson moves that all of his fans always been fascinated by is what he performed in the “Smooth Criminal” video, which known as “The Anti-Gravity Illusion”. WIPS, Korea patent Online Search Company, found out with WIPS DB that Michael Jackson had his own patent. Patent number 5255452, filed in 1992, shows how Michael Jackson and his dancers could lean at 45-degree angles during live performances of the song “Smooth Criminal”. The dance named 'lean dance' had special technique and actually had a secret in dancing shoes. Michael Jackson invented this shoes with V shape heel, straps around ankle and stage setting, and applied for a patent. 

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Method and means for creating anti-gravity illusion

 

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Inventors: Michael J. Jackson, Michael L. Bush, Dennis Tompkins

Original Assignee: Triumph International, Inc.
Primary Examiner: M. Denise Patterson
Current U.S. Classification: 36/113; 36/1; 36/80; 36/132; 36/136
International Classification: A43B 500; A43B 300

 

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