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A SWEDISH company has revealed the world’s first pair of airbag jeans designed for motorcyclists that inflate upon impact.
News of the biker safety product’s release spread on social media, resulting in comments that poked fun at the invention’s unique design.
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The pants’ maker, Mo’cycle, noted that its jeans’ design is just as comfortable as any other pair of pants while featuring water-repellant, breathable, and abrasion-resistant fabric, Fox reports.
Mo’cycle added that its inflatable pants contains a stronger and lighter material than steel called Armalith, according to Design Boom.
Armalith is a single-layer fabric that handles abrasion forces while the installed airbag protects against impact pressure.
Motorcycle riders use Mo’cycle’s inflatable jeans by connecting the pants to their bike through a mechanical trigger belt.
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When a biker falls, this mechanical trigger belt disconnects from the rider, causing a replaceable CO2 cartridge to inflate the airbag in milliseconds, according to the manufacturer.
The airbags are entirely invisible until deployed and automatically deflate after an accident, Fox reports.
But bikers still aren’t protected from head to toe during crashes — even if they also purchase Mo’cycle’s airbag outfit, which includes an airbag vest.
Motorcycle enthusiast and former auto detailer at Diamond Detail in Maryland, Rex Beck, told The U.S. Sun: “My boss is a motorcycle racing coach and uses the upper body inflatable vest.
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“He swears by it. He says if someone could invent those for ankles, they’d be rich.
“Generally, the ankle and upper body touch down first.”
Mo’cycle responded to the fact that their complete airbag outfit doesn’t protect riders’ ankles by noting that they hope to use their products to fool accidents by wrapping the driver’s body with airbag cushions.
The Swedish company believes its airbag cushions absorb 10 times the impact energy compared to traditional pads, Design Boom reports.
Internet viewers didn’t miss the chance to joke about Mo’cycle’s new jeans inflating while riders are away from their bikes.
One Twitter user wrote: “This is gonna be embarrassing when you eat WAY too much, and they go off destroying the table at dinner.”
Another Twitter account said: “Imagine you’re at the club and a random dude comes up and smacks your girl’s a**, but it doesn’t even matter bc she’s wearing the first airbag jeans for bikers, and it instantly blows both his hands off.”
But Mo’cycle’s pants only inflate with an impact weight of around 88 pounds, so you don’t have to worry about blowing up at a moment’s notice.
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