マイケルジャクソン宿直

US5255452(Triumph International, Inc.)

MJの「宿直！」発明。出願人はトリンプだったのか。（追記06APR2021　いや、正確にはトリンプはAssignee（譲受人）だから特許権者で、出願人はあくまで発明者であるマイケルジャクソン他？以下の資料があったので。「出願人の資格は譲渡できず3、以下の場合を除き、「出願人」は、特許出願をする発明者若しくは共同発明者でなければならない（規則第 1.41 条）」（「米国における発明者の決定」https://www.jpo.go.jp/resources/shingikai/sangyo-kouzou/shousai/tokkyo_shoi/document/seisakubukai-06-shiryou/paper07_2.pdf）

により：
"creation of such illusion by means of specialized footwear"

備える、具備する：
"The specialized footwear is provided with means for engagement with a movably protrudable hitch or post"

アピール性：
"the appealability of live and recorded performances"

努力する：
"Many popular music and dance entertainers expend great efforts in enhancing and choreographing their performances and dancing"

習慣、反復行動のwould：
"In the past, a professional entertainer, one of the inventors herein, has incorporated dance steps in his recorded video performances, wherein he and other dancers would lean forward beyond their center of gravity, thereby creating an impressive visual effect"

分詞：
1) "This effect was accomplished by the use of cables connecting a harness around the dancer's waist with hooks on a stage, thereby allowing the dancer to lean forward at the required degree"（結果）

2) "as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, an upper sock section 26 can be used to conceal the upper part 22 of the shoe 10, the sock section 26 fitting around a peripheral edge 28 of the shoe 10"（付帯状況説明）

倒置：
1) "There is disclosed in the prior art footwear which allow the wearer to engage his or her shoes with a stationary object"

2) "Referring now to the drawings, there is illustrated, in FIG. 1, a front perspective view of the shoe 10 utilized in this invention"

代名詞：
1) "Pat. No. 1,165,812 to Staubly discloses a rubber overshoe which has a hook on its sole which can be engaged with a plate"

2) "allow the footwear wearer to lean forward on the stage, with his or her center of gravity well beyond the front of the shoes, thereby creating the desired visual effect"

3) "When the hitch 34 is locked in its raised position"

4) "the performer can engage his or her heels 30 with the hitch 34, and he or she can then safely lean forward as far as he or she desires and is capable of, so that his or her center of gravity CG lies in front of the shoes 10"

公知技術：
"However, to the best of our knowledge and belief the prior art does not disclose or suggest the specialized footwear permitting an entertainer to freely move about a stage, while at the same time, enabling engagement with a movable hitch or post, projectable through the stage floor, to enable the illusion to be performed"

問題、欠陥：
"The present invention overcomes the above noted deficiencies"

するように配置：
"an upstanding post positioned to project upwardly from a stage at a predetermined time"

すなわち：
"FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of specialized footwear, viz. a shoe of the invention with its fastening straps opened"(=namely)

位置する：
"The shoe 10 rides relatively high on the wearer's ankles, as shown in FIG. 2 and 3"

用いて、使用して：
"can be snugly secured around the wearer's ankles by use of the straps 12, 14 and 16"

提供する、可能にする：
"The use of shoe laces provides for a snugger fit than by the straps 12, 14 and 16 straps"

適合、構成された：
"the heels 30 of the shoes 10 have a recess 32 formed therein adapted to detachably receive a hitch or post 34"

所定の位置に：
"thereby locking the heels 30 of the shoes 10 in place relative to the stage surface S"

面一、ツライチ：
"The front of the V-shaped guide 40 lies flush with the leading edge 42 of the heel 30"

から成る：
"an outer or exposed layer 60, preferably made of leather, and an inner overlying layer, preferably consisting of a metal plate 52"

固定：
1) "footwear which can be worn by astronauts and which can be detachably engaged with a rail fixed to a surface to aid astronauts in working in a zero gravity environment"

2) "The metal plate 52 is affixed to the heel portion of the shoe, as described hereafter"

3) "the metal plate 64 can be immobilized relative to the stage surface"

such that:
"the length of the bolt shank 50 of the bolts is such that when the metal plate 64 carrying the bolts is stably placed against the underside of the stage surface S, the head 48 will be spaced sufficiently high off the stage surface S"

so that:
"the metal plate 60 is formed so that its V-shaped slot edges and the V-shaped edges 70 of the heel covering material 60 form flush V-shaped edges 44"

will:
"This slight gap G will allow the entertainer to slide his or her shoes 10 forward to engage the head 48 of the hitch 34 with the V-shaped slot 40"（なぜ必要？）

可能性：
"The V-shaped guide 40, so formed, is preferred, as it minimizes the chances of the hitch 34 inadvertently becoming jammed in the V-shaped guide"

挿入する、スライドして入れる：
"one or more metal support bars 74 can be slid into the sliding brackets 72"

設ける：
"if it is desired to plug the holes 62 in the stage surface S when the hitches 34 are withdrawn, plug protrusions 76 can be provided on another side of the metal plate 64"

するのに十分な：
"The plug protrusions 76 will be just long enough so that they lie essentially flush with or the stage surface S"

想定：
1) "As presently contemplated, the hitch 34 will be raised and lowered by stage personnel stationed under the stage surface S"

2) "The inventors also contemplate that the hitch 34 could also be raised by the entertainer himself or herself by remote control means"

should:
"it has been found that the pair of hitches 34 should ideally be spaced between the shoulder blades of a dancer"



willに関し追記：
上の例文は下記に続いている。
The bolt head 48（靴側）will lie in recess 32 （ステージ上）above said V-shaped slot guide 40, and the shoe will be stably positioned relative to the stage floors... The bolts 51（靴側）are permanently affixed to a metal plate 64（ステージ上）, and the length of the bolt shank 50 of the bolts is such that when the metal plate 64 carrying the bolts is stably placed against the underside of the stage surface S, the head 48 will be spaced sufficiently high off the stage surface S so that the bottom edge 66 of the head 48 will clear the top edge 68 of the metal plate 52, leaving a slight gap G.

そして上記の文："This slight gap G will allow the entertainer to slide his or her shoes 10 forward to engage the head 48 of the hitch 34 with the V-shaped slot 40

上記の場合は、「ステージ上で実際に使用したらこうなるだろう」という話の流れからwillになったんだと思います。