Abstract: A lightweight bouncing sandal for youths, comprising a tough thin bottom layer, which is durable enough to withstand repeated scuffing and impacting with the ground and has an exposed textured surface to provide traction and reduced slipping when wet, a middle resilient layer of sufficient size and thickness to support a seventy-five pound load without compressing fully, a top confronting layer of semi-flexible material, with sufficient thickness and rigidity to support a two and one half pound per square inch load without distorting, with at least one elastic strap permanently affixed at its ends, such that it lays flat against the top layer without slack in a relaxed state, with an asymmetrically curved base to aid the user in maintaining balance while running, jumping or walking.

Abstract: A rectangular shaped parachute toy, designed to suggest a modern day parafoil, but constructed with a single fabric layer canopy, for simplicity and more rapid opening of the chute. This invention, incorporates the use of two oversized shrouds, each leading up to a section of lightweight mesh, which distributes the forces that each shroud imparts on the canopy, and thereby offers a child an easy to use parachute toy, that is nearly impossible to tangle, a problem commonly found in most parachute toys. The rectangular shape of the canopy and offset attachment of the shrouds results in a parachute toy, which is directional and easy to control. As the parachute descends, it travels forward in the direction that the figure is facing and turns in the direction of a shortened shroud.