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METHOD AND MEANS FOR CREATING ANTI-GRAVITY ILLUSION
April 2012 Wacky Patent

 

U.S. Patent Number: 5,255,452

Patented Oct. 26, 1993

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MICHAEL J. JACKSON, MICHAEL L. Bush & dennis tompkin

 

Colitz Catchphrase:

“We all know the “Moon Walk.” How about the “Lunar Lean”? It could be a good April
Fools gag."

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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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