Easy Invention Ideas

Here are some easy invention ideas, because sometimes it is just too intimidating to think about building a new type of car, television, or other invention. These are ideas for garage or basement tinkerers. You can come up with a prototype for most of these for the cost of the money in your pocket. Like all the ideas on this site, they are not patented yet, as far as I know.

Helium Kites

Perhaps its been done, but I haven't seen them sold yet. The idea is that with some lift from the helium, these kites could be flown in any amount of wind. With proper design, they would still fly something like a kite, and with some maneuverability if designed like a stunt kite. Your first prototype might be a kite with a small helium balloon attached. How's that for an easy invention?

Kite Ads

This is more of a marketing idea than an invention. Put ads on kites and get paid to fly them at the beach or during big outdoor events. Even in my former small-town home they paid for planes to drag ads around during festivals, so the market might be there.

Deer Carrier

Hunters regularly die of heart attacks while carrying their bucks out of the woods. My idea is to have an inflatable wheel, using coated nylon that won't puncture easily. When you get your deer, you blow up the wheel, and using the clamps on either side you attach two poles or sticks that you cut on site. A nylon sling attaches between the sticks. This gives you a wheel-barrow-like device that will carry a deer over even rough trails. It shouldn't weigh more than two pounds, so it can be carried easily in a day pack.

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