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Patent for Anti-Gravity Shoes

  • 10/26/1993

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Description

This is United States Patent 5,255,452, Method and Means for Creating Anti-Gravity Illusion. It contains the abstract, drawings, summary, and description of the shoes used to perform the anti-gravity illusion move seen in Michael Jackson’s 1988 “Smooth Criminal” video.

Citation

This primary source comes from the Records of the Patent and Trademark Office.

National Archives Identifier: 5742939

Full Citation: United States Patent 5,255,452, Method and Means for Creating Anti-Gravity Illusion; 10/26/1993; 5255452 – Method and Means for Creating Anti-Gravity Illusion – Michael Jackson; Selected Patent Files, 1840 – 2005; Records of the Patent and Trademark Office, Record Group 241; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/antigravity-shoes/, March 9, 2026]

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