MJ 在1992年6月29号的时候,就提出了这个动作的专利申请,于1993年10月26号通过(16个月通过?大资本国家这办事的谨慎态度),专利名称为《Method and means for creating anti-gravity illusion》,汉化过来叫《制造反重力错觉的方法和手段》。
一些相关的专利信息如下,注意发明申请人还有另外两位叫Michael L. Bush 和Dennis Tompkins,至于是谁我就没找了,我猜多半是亲戚。
【Update】多谢“黎霓”同学的留言提醒:和他一起申请专利的Dennis Tompkins and Michael Bush 是他的服装设计师,他的舞台服装包括最为人津津乐道的出庭装都是这2个人设计的。
Patent number: 5255452
Filing date: Jun 29, 1992
Issue date: Oct 26, 1993
Inventors: Michael J. Jackson, Michael L. Bush, Dennis Tompkins
Assignees: Triumph International, Inc.
Primary Examiner: M. Denise Patterson
U.S. Classification: 36113; 36/1; 36136; 36/80; 36132
International Classification: A43B 500; A43B 300
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.