Now that theme parks have shuttered their gates indefinitely, bumper cars are beginning to feel like a thing of the past. But one company hopes to make it big with Bumper Tables.

Event Revolution's new invention guarantees a 6-inch gap between yourself and the closest diner at a restaurant. Fish Tales Ocean City was among the company's first clients. Fashioned from air-filled rubber tubes and outfitted with stroller wheels, Bumper Tables can be rented for $150 each.

Though cost-effective, duct tape, the most common spacial marker at most restaurants, isn't thoroughly effective as unobservant customers often overstep their boundaries; neither does it do anything to lift the gloomy atmosphere that has settled on Schwerin, North Germany, like a thick fog.

Hence everyone's mirth to hear of Cafe & Konditorei Rothe's ingenious tactic for maintaining social distancing: straw hats affixed with colourful, 1.5 metre-long pool noodles are handed out to every customer who wishes to dine-in.

Owner Jacqueline Rothe said that her aim was to put a smile on people's faces, especially after experiencing an onslaught of gloomy days.