Thoughtful design. Practical engineering.

Thoughtful physical products.
From concept to market.

Saturday Innovations is an engineering-driven company developing thoughtful, practical products for everyday needs.

Explore our past work
25,000+Units shipped
$2.5M+Cumulative gross sales
2Brand exits

Selected past work

Ideas made tangible.

Three projects from Saturday Innovations’ physical-product development history.

Nevink pet waste container with its lid open and foot pedal visible

Pet waste disposal

Nevink

A 12-liter outdoor dog-waste container with hands-free pedal operation, an odor-control filter, and a protective UV-resistant coating. Designed to store waste between cleanup and trash day.

Folded gray Native Nest Japanese-style floor mattress

Home & living

Native Nest

A Japanese-style floor mattress combining layered padding with a foam core. Its foldable design and storage straps make it easy to put away between uses.

These projects are presented as past work, not as products currently offered by Saturday Innovations. Their inclusion does not imply current ownership of the associated brands or intellectual property.

Shane Manning, founder of Saturday Innovations

About the founder

Shane Manning

Engineer. Founder. Product developer.

Shane founded Saturday Innovations to build useful physical products and the businesses behind them.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Engineering from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and spent more than five years at John Deere, primarily in drivetrain and transmission engineering.

His entrepreneurial experience spans concept development, product design, patent application drafting, manufacturing, commercialization, and the sale of two physical-product brands.

University of Nebraska–Lincoln   /   John Deere   /   Saturday Innovations

Current development

Building what comes next.

Saturday Innovations continues to explore and develop new physical-product systems, with a focus on practical solutions to everyday problems.

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