Michael Jackson has patented a pair of anti-gravity 'moonwalking' boots. The eccentric singer's unique creation was designed to make it appear as if he was able to lean forward beyond the centre of gravity via slots in the heels of the shoes attached to hooks on the stage.
Jackson registered his 'Methods and Means for Creating Anti-Gravity Illusion' in 1993 and was issued the patent number 5,255,452.
The boots information came to light yesterday (08.01.07) with the launch of a new Google Patents website, which gives users access to over seven million inventions filed with the US Patents Office between 1790 and 1996.
Jackson is not the only celebrity to register a bizarre creation.
Rocker Eddie Van Halen created a 'musical instrument support' in the 1980s, which had the appearance of a shelf strapped round the waist and was designed to help him play a guitar horizontally.
Actress Jamie Lee Curtis designed a special nappy, containing a waterproof pocket for carrying wet wipes and late actor Marlon Brando invented an instrument to help tighten the skin of a bongo drum.
So they're not 'Moonwalker' shoes at all are they?? If you read the description, it only allows him to lean far forward while on a special platform on the stage.
It doesn't let him do the moonwalk.
He would have used them to do that 'leaning' move during the Smooth Criminal performance.
I had a look at the patent website as well, and they are not called Moonwalker shoes.
They are called anti-gravity shoes.
Why do people make such things up??
That's like the time they said he was booed offstage during the WMA, when no such thing happened. I was there!
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