Micheal Jacksons “Smooth Criminal” Leaning Shoes

Alot of media outlets have had alot of greezy shit to say about micheal as if he hasnt done more in his life time than their whole family tree has done spanning generations. We here at Flawless Hustle will never talk that nonsense because Micheal Jackson is the epitome of what a hustler is and proof of what a consistent hustle can accomplish.

Micheal Jackson’s 45 degree lean in smooth criminal was the stuff of magic. It consistently gave me goose bumps because It defied what I thought could be possible in one smooth move. Plus I was like 8 when I first saw the video and I totally didn’t see that move coming. I was like “Mom, How did he do that?” Of course she couldn’t answer me because he herself didn’t know. It seemed like no one I knew, knew. A lot of people I asked thought magnets, but according to the patent filled in 1992 no magnets are used – more like the shoes fit in slots. Check out some of the jargon from the patent for them.

1. A system for engaging shoes with a hitch mans to permit a person standing on a stage surface to lean forwardly beyond his or her center of gravity, comprising:

at least one shoe having a heel with a first engagement means, said first engagement means comprising a recess formed in a heel of said shoe covered with a heel slot plane located at a bottom region of said heel, said heel slot plate having a slot formed therein with a relatively wide opening at a leading edge of said heel and a narrower terminal end rearward of said leading edge, said recess being larger in size above said terminal end of said slot than is said terminal end of said slot; and

a second engagement means, detachably engageable with said first engagement means, comprising a hitch member having an enlarged head portion connected by a narrower shank portion to a means for raising and lowering said head of said hitch member above and substantially level with or below said stage surface, said head portion being larger in size than said terminal end of said slot and said shank portion being narrower than said terminal end of said slot, wherein said hitch member can be moved through apertures in said stage surface between a projecting position raised above said stage surface and a retracted position at or below the stage surface, and when said head portion of said hitch member is raised above said stage surface, said first engagement means can be detachably engaged with said projecting hitch member, thereby allowing a person wearing the shoes to lean forwardly with his or her normal center of gravity beyond a front region of said shoes, and maintain said forward lean.

Check out the above video to see the shoe in action.