Line of Credit Facility, Borrowing Capacity, Inventory Costs, Percent

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Line of Credit Facility, Borrowing Capacity, Inventory Value, Percent

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Line of Credit Facility, Borrowing Capacity, Value Of Accounts Receivable, Percent

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Line Of Credit Facility, Monthly Facility Fee

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Line Of Credit Facility, Monthly Facility Fee, Percent

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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Subsequent Events (Details) - Revolving Credit Facility - USD ($)	Aug. 11, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity on line of credit		$ 5,000,000.0
Borrowing rate		5.25%	6.75%
Subsequent Event \| Inventory Loan Agreement
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity on line of credit	$ 3,000,000
Percentage of inventory costs used as borrowing capcaity	75.00%
Percentage of inventory value used as borrowing capacity	85.00%
Borrowing rate	5.75%
Monthly facility fee	1.00%
Monthly facility fee, amount	$ 18,490
Subsequent Event \| Inventory Loan Agreement \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Borrowing rate	4.00%
Subsequent Event \| Receivables Facility
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity on line of credit	$ 2,500,000
Monthly facility fee	1.00%
Monthly facility fee, amount	$ 25,000
Percentage of accounts receivable used as borrowing capacity	90.00%
Subsequent Event \| Receivables Facility \| Prime Rate
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Borrowing rate	2.00%