Easy Invention Ideas
Easy invention ideas? Why easy? Sometimes it's just too
intimidating to think about building a new type of car,
television, or other complicated invention. So these are ideas
for garage or basement tinkerers. Coming up with a prototype for
most of these will cost no more than the money in your pocket.
They are not patented yet, as far as I know.
Wild Game Carrier
Deer hunters regularly die of heart attacks while carrying their
bucks out of the woods. The invention here would solve that
problem. It would have an inflatable wheel, using coated nylon
that won't puncture easily. Once you get your deer, blow up the
wheel, and using the clamps on either side, you attach two poles
or sticks that you cut on site. Attach the simple nylon sling
between the sticks, and you have a wheel-barrow-like device that
will carry a deer over even rough trails. Probably weighing no
more than two pounds, it could be carried easily in a day pack.
Helium Kites
Perhaps its been done, but I haven't seen them sold yet. With
some lift from the helium, these kites could be flown in any
amount of wind. Properly designed, they would still fly
something like a kite, and with some maneuverability if designed
like a stunt kite. A first prototype could be a kite with a
small helium balloon attached. That's an easy invention.
Ad Kites
This is more of a marketing idea than an invention. Have
advertisements on kites and get paid to fly them at the beach or
during big outdoor events. In my former small-town home they
paid for planes to drag ads around during festivals, so the
market might be there.
Disposable Clothing
If dollar stores can keep putting t-shirts on the shelves, we
know they are getting cheap to make. So how about a line of
shirts that are low-quality, but good enough to use, and cost
very little to manufacture? You sell them in boxes of 12, as
"disposable clothing." Where's the market? Maybe people who want
less laundry to do on long trips. I set aside old clothes for
just that purpose, which is where the idea came from. Also, some
people might want to have some cheap things to wear for doing
dirty jobs.
Kayak Shoes
Imagine this: You are wearing two little "kayaks" on your feet.
Two more smaller ones at the end of two ski-poles help you
balance as you walk across the nearest lake. At 8 feet long and
8 inches around, they would hold about 170 pounds each, by the
way. To try this one, remember that to figure the volume of a
cylindrical object, you multiply pi (3.14) times the radius
squared times the length. Oh, and each cubic foot of air will
support about 64 pounds.
Wind Tents
An easy invention idea from childhood. Me and my brothers spent
summers at the beach, on Lake Michigan. Many nights, the wind
blew steady off the water, and we discovered that we could make
a "wind tent" out of an old blanket. With three sides pinned
down, using rocks and sand, the wind held the "tent" open. We
camped out in these tents, although when the wind died, the tent
did. Maybe someone could make and market a plastic version. A
colorful square of plastic - this is one of the easiest of the
easy invention ideas.