For Granny going for a wee-hour wee-wee, big Daddy heading down the stairs for a midnight snack or Junior sleepwalking on the crosswalk, these house slippers with headlights are indispensable.

A small light is mounted in each toe powered by a battery in the sole. A switch turns on the light when it is dark and a foot is inserted. Models range from LED-shining Shufflers to the Aladdin Lamps with a high beam on each upturned toe.
-- FarmerJohn, Nov 02 2002

(?) Not slippers, but... http://www.fantasia...com/shoes-light.htm
Strap these babies on when you need to totter downstairs in the middle of the night... [snarfyguy, Oct 05 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]

(?) Watch this space: http://www.eas.asu....300/SampMission.pdf
Dunno what the hell it is. [sild, Oct 05 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]

(?) Footlights http://www.sunnews....t/flashslippers.htm
Baked. [hippo, Oct 05 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]

(?) Now baked: http://www.brightfeetslippers.com/
[fluffle, Oct 04 2005]

all my cats sleep on the stairs at night - its an accident waiting to happen. +1 for you.
-- po, Nov 02 2002


very nice idea... must be baked out there somewhere, surely?
-- fluffle, Nov 02 2002


UB: Sounds like a winner.
-- FarmerJohn, Nov 02 2002


I'll be darned if I can find a link on this. Its an excelent idea.
-- 2 fries shy of a happy meal, Nov 02 2002


"A lamp unto my feet..."

Would they be street-legal with turning signals and the whole bit?
-- RayfordSteele, Nov 02 2002


//Torch Toes to the English, I suppose.//

Cambridge Footlights.
-- General Washington, Nov 02 2002


What a clever idea. I'm not one to regularly leave my bed in the small hours, but I have friends who would undoubtedly love a pair of these. Little ones for po's cats would also be cute
-- madradish, Nov 03 2002


hey [mad] that is inspired! thank you.
-- po, Nov 04 2002


Sorry [FJ], but you're competing with 11-year-old girls with this idea. See link.
-- hippo, Nov 04 2002


As many supposed, it's really too obvious and practical an idea to not have been done before.
-- FarmerJohn, Nov 04 2002


"I'm walking on sunshine..."
-- phoenix, Nov 04 2002


they already make sneakers that light when you walk...would they need batteries?
-- shelley2, Nov 04 2002



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