Sandal with toe separators

Abstract

A sandal with a base plate, sandal strap and four toe separators where each separator member terminates at its top surface in a female ball joint member. Male ball joint members are fixedly attached to the front edge of the sandal strap and spaced apart to allow space for each toe when the female and male ball joints are snapped together. A preferred embodiment includes the male and female ball joints are constructed of injection molded resilient plastic allowing male portion of each the male ball joint member to snap into each female ball joint member and where the male and female ball joint members can be unsnapped when so desired to allow a user to lift his or her toes from the sandal in an unencumbered a way to not disturb newly applied nail polish that may have been applied to the user's toe nails.

1 . sandal with toe separators comprising:
 a resilient sandal base plate sized to receive the sole of a human foot;   a plurality of toe separator members sized to accommodate the space between five human toes of said human foot;   a foot retaining strap sized to accommodate the top portion of said human foot;   a plurality of resilient female ball joint members each fixedly attached to the top portion of each said toe separator member; and   a plurality of resilient male ball joint members each fixedly attached the front edge of said foot retaining strap and spaced apart so that each male ball joint can removably snap into each female ball joint while leaving room for each said toe between each said toe separator member.   
     
     
         2 . Sandal with toe separators as claimed in  claim 1  wherein said male and female ball joints are constructed of injection molded resilient plastic allowing male portion of each said male ball joint member to snap into each female ball joint member and where said male and female ball joint members can be unsnapped when so desired to allow a user to lift his or her toes from said sandal in an unencumbered a way so as to not disturb newly applied nail polish has been applied to said user's toe nails. 
     
     
         3 . Sandal with toe separators as claimed in  claim 1  wherein said ball joint members are constructed of nylon.