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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.
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