Did Michael Jackson defy gravity or was it due to the shoes?
Archives Specialist Netisha Currie shares the shoe patent invented by Michael Jackson to create an anti-gravity illusion.
The shoes enabled Jackson to execute one of his signature dance moves, allowing him to lean forward to an exaggerated angle while performing the song "Smooth Criminal" on stage.
The patent is digitized and available in the National Archives Catalog.
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📸: Drawings illustrating the method and means for creating the anti-gravity illusion boots, June 28, 1993. catalog.archives.gov/id/5742940
📸: Declaration of Michael J. Jackson in support of establishing status of Triumph International, Inc. as a small entity pursuant, page 2, August 25, 1992. catalog.archives.gov/id/5742954
📸: United States Patent 4,762,019, August 9, 1988. catalog.archives.gov/id/5742962
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