Walking Stepladder

Have you ever fallen off a ladder whilst trying to reach across to paint something just outside your reach. Well the walking stepladder can change all that. Simply climb up, slip your feet into the shoe-straps, and then work safely. Need to move down the wall? Just walk normally. When you’ve finished painting, try walking down the road on top of the ladder, for a whole new perspective on life.

Each foot is connected to a shoe strap rather like on a bike pedal. These are connected by a vertical pole to a shoe on the ground. A couple of levers keep this pole vertical. When you are standing still, both shoe straps are on the top platform, and both shoes are on the ground. Lift one foot up, and the bottom shoe moves too, both up and down, and forwards and back. It should be able to allow a couple of inches of sideways movement, to let you shuffle sideways.

I think that you would be able to walk as normal. 3 or 4 castors at the bottom stop the whole thing from falling over (though they do mean that you can’t go up/down stairs, which otherwise I can’t see any problem with doing apart from the obvious trip to A&E when it goes wrong). For the deluxe model, an extra linkage allows you to tilt your foot.

Like a safe version of stilts, and almost useful too!