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Marylin Hamilton (born 1949) is an American inventor, athlete, and entrepreneur, known as the co-founder of Quickie Wheelchairs. After a 1978 hang-gliding accident left her paraplegic, Hamilton sought to improve wheelchair design, co-creating the lightweight and customizable Quickie wheelchair in 1980 with Jim Okamoto and Don Helman.
The Patient Operated Selector Mechanism (POSM or POSSUM) was developed in the early 1960s, and used a sip-and-puff control mechanism. Sip-and-puff or sip 'n' puff (SNP) is assistive technology used to send signals to a device using air pressure by "sipping" (inhaling) or "puffing" (exhaling) on a straw, tube or "wand."
A man with a disability sitting in a wheelchair. A wheelchair is a mobilized form of chair using 2 or more wheels, a footrest, and an armrest usually cushioned. It is used when walking is difficult or impossible to do due to illnesses, injury, disabilities, or age-related health conditions.
Quickie Convenience Stores logo. Quickie Convenience Stores (in French, Dépanneurs Quickie), also branded as Quickie Mart, is a chain of convenience stores based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, founded in 1973. In October 2012, it had 50 stores in Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec, approximately 300 store employees, and about 20 full-time personnel.
Quickie may refer to: Quickie (sexual act), a brief or spontaneous episode of sexual activity; Quickie (divorce), a divorce obtained in a jurisdiction with few ...
The original Quickie (Model 54 in Rutan's design series) is one of several unconventional aircraft penned by Rutan for the general aviation market. [2] The Quickie followed from Jewett and Sheehan's intention in 1975 for a low-cost, low-power, single-seat homebuilt aircraft. The first element to be found by Jewett and Sheehan was the engine ...
An original single-seat Rutan Quickie. This example is in the Canada Aviation and Space Museum. The Quickie Q2 or Q2 is a two-seat version of the unique Rutan Quickie, [2] produced in kit form by the Quickie Aircraft Corporation founded by Tom Jewett and Gene Sheehan. Canadian Garry LeGare was involved in the design. [3]
A man may dispense with a jacket and belt. A quickie between a heterosexual couple may generally satisfy only the man's sexual desire. [2] Quickies may solve unequal sexual desire in a relationship; however, if they become the only form of sex, with only men getting sexual satisfaction, the relationship may suffer. [2]