Maryland bar unveils rubber ring tables to ensure social distancing between customers

'Necessity is the mother of invention'

A Maryland bar has rolled out brand new “social distancing tables” to ensure that its customers remain a safe distance apart while drinking.

Fish Tales in Ocean City, Maryland unveiled it’s inventive innertube tables on wheels on a Facebook on Saturday while testing out the new contraptions.

The tables are intended to maintain social distancing between customers to help stem the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

According to Fox Business, they were created with Revolution Event Design and Production

“We thought, 'What could we engineer to put a smile on someone's face while keeping them safe and a cocktail in hand?'” Erin Cermak, the owner of Baltimore-based Revolution Events, told the broadcaster. “And this is what happened.”

The innertube tables on wheels rise about three feet from the ground and are custom built with a PVC tabletop, an aluminium frame, according to the outlet.

“Everyone is just looking for a way to give their people some fun,” Ms Cermak said.

The tables will be available for use by customers at Fish Tales “whenever [they] are allowed to serve,” a woman in the Facebook video announced.

The state is still operating under a “Safer at Home” public health advisory and non-contact pickup and delivery remain “highly encouraged.”

It is reported that unbranded tables will cost upwards of $400, with rentals costing about $200 a day. The tables can be custom designed for an event or be custom-designed for an event or business for an extra $100, according to Fox Business.

“Necessity is the mother of invention,” Ms Cermak told the outlet.