When 2 Become 1

Most new inventions consist of improvements to previous inventions. Most inventions are not completely original in their concept. But our inventor wanted to find a niche, his own little piece of the invention world where no one had dared go before. He looked at the world of specialized shoes. He saw footwear for fencing, for football, for running and boxing. He saw specialized shoes for ice skating, for soccer and for basketball. But our courageous inventor never saw a shoe or boot for traversing sand, and thus was born, the Beach Boot!

Forget about the fact that where there's sand, there's usually sun and hot boots make for sweaty feet. Forget the fact that in order for humans to walk through sand, we simply pick up our feet and move them forward, one at a time. Remember my friend, locomotion through sand is a niche so narrow as to surely give our inventor a world exclusive.

Each Beach Boot is powered by a mini-motor and battery pack concealed in it's sole. To move forward, you simply activate a toe-controlled switch mounted in your boot (we don't make this stuff up folks). The mini-motors kick your Beach Boots into gear and if our guess is correct, instead of moving forward, your body weight will cause the puny caterpillar tracks to proceed to dig a hole in the sand, right out from under you.

Original? Yes. Practical? Schmactical!