California Firm Creates Protective Suit For Concerts and Clubbing Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

A California firm has come up with a solution for those itching to return to partying amid the coronavirus pandemic. The design firm 'Production Club' has invented a cutting-edge bodysuit with a filtration system claiming it could prevent people from catching the virus while they let their hair down and party.

The wearable personal protection suit is fitted with a tight helmet, LED lighting accents, as well as an N95 filter in order to help while socializing without practicing social distancing. The pandemic has forced organizers to postpone or even cancel concerts and big events and the firm hopes that their newest invention will be a welcome relief, news station KNTV reported.

"Micrashell is a solution for bringing people together safety," Miguel Risueno, head of inventions for Production Club, told KNTV. "It's a half suit that kind of takes your safety and your security in terms of being close to airborne particles or viruses to the next level," he added.

Production Club is known to design stages and experiences for clients in gaming. Risueno, who also goes by Mike 808, said the idea was pitched to help the bar and nightclub industry to overcome the crisis they are now facing. "How can we bring events, how can we bring socialization back in?" Risueno told KNTV. "How can we help the industry not die?"

He said the idea occurred to them after seeing people throng the beaches. "We said we still need to find a solution because people are still going out," Risueno told KNTV. "People are still going to party and still skipping social distance measures."

A person can also engage in drinking and vaping with the help of the snap-in canisters attached to the suit. "It's another thing you don't need to remove the helmet for, because if you remove the helmet and the shield you are now compromised," Risueno added.

The venues resorted to selling fewer tickets to people to maintain more distance between people in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. But, he said with the new technology suit, they were aiming to “make space available for everyone.”

Risueno said venues could rent the suits and would be responsible for sanitizing them after a single-use. "We need to make sure that people want to wear it and they feel good about wearing it," KNTV quoted Risueno as saying. "So it's a little bit more of a fashion piece rather than something that looks like a medical device."

Though a patent is pending, Risueno said the firm aims to have a prototype at the earliest to bring the suits into use.

According to the New York Post, the Hazmat suit-inspired protective gear has app-controlled features and a microphone. The company told KNTV that the outside air is suctioned through the rear vent of the helmet and directed at the wearer’s face and made to pass through the second level of filtration before releasing it into the room.

Risueno told KNTV that people will now be able to have a far deeper “emotional, physical connection” with people around them.