Michael Jackson Anti-Gravity Shoe Patent Artwork Vintage

by Nikki Marie Smith

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Michael Jackson Anti-Gravity Shoe Patent Artwork Vintage

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Nikki Marie Smith

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Digital Art - Digital Art

Description

Singer Michael Jackson patented anti-gravity illusion shoes in 1993 for the special effects in "Smooth Criminal." These shoes allowed Michael Jackson and his dancers to lean forward a seemingly impossible distance in live performances of Smooth Criminal.

From the official US patent text: "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 specailly designed heel slot which can be detachably engaged with the hitch member by simply sliging the shoe wearer's foot forward, thereby engaging with the hitch member."

You can see more of Nikki Smith's artwork on her website, http://BookSmithStudio.com or purchase fine art prints at http://nikkimarie-smith.artistwebsites.com

Copyright 2012 - 2014 by Nikki Smith of BookSmithStudio.com; All Rights Reserved. Based in part on a creative commons illustration of Michael Jackson by Igor Sunjic. Also includes source material from the official US patent drawings.

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August 26th, 2014

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