Registro da Patente dos Sapatos de Smooth Criminal

Nunca tinha visto a patente dos sapatos, apenas sabia de sua existência.
Achei curioso este link da patente registrada por Mike em 29 de junho de 1992, quanto aos seus sapatos de Smooth Criminal.
A patente diz que se trata de um sistema de sapatos, com o calcanhar especialmente desenhado, para permitir que o portador se incline para frente além de seu centro de gravidade.



US PATENT NUMBER 5.255.452

United States Patent 5,255,452
Jackson , et al. October 26, 1993

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Method and means for creating anti-gravity illusion


Abstract
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.


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Inventors: Jackson; Michael J. (Los Angeles, CA), Bush; Michael L. (Hollywood, CA), Tompkins; Dennis (Hollywood, CA)
Assignee: Triumph International, Inc. (Los Angeles, CA)

Appl. No.: 07/905,479
Filed: June 29, 1992


Fonte: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-P...S=PN/5,255,452


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