Michael Jackson Patented His Very Own Anti-gravity Shoes

In the Smooth Criminal video, Michael did this by using string, but he wanted to something more fascinating and went on to create Anti-Gravity Shoes. He did so to incorporate this magic into his live performances. He created these special Anti-Gravity Shoes with the help of two co-inventors and received a U.S patent for the same in 1993.

In these shoes, there was a slot that was engaged with a bolt in the floor. Keeping the heels fixed, dancers were able to lean forward.

However, this wasn’t a 100% successful product. A few years later during a show in Moscow, an accident occurred with one of Michael’s heels and this was the end of the Anti-Gravity Shoes.

The United States Patent’s abstract reads:

“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.”

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See below the pictured of the Anti-Gravity Shoes and the patent design picture:

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