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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2006-09-18 human Annette Alafaci; Ken McInnes updated 2026-01-06 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004727b.htm person Stuckey Joan AACR2 Mosely, Joan 1924 1951 30 December 1924 30 December 2015 Place of Birth Redfern, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death late of St Mary's Villa Concord, formerly of North Turramurra, New South Wales, Australia Inventor Industrial chemist Joan Stuckey was the inventor of three separate award-winning air cushions designed for pressure relief. These are now used around the world by hospitals and by people in wheelchairs. The first was the Push Cush which was designed in 1980 to reduce the incidence of deep vein thrombosis for air travellers. Next came the C'AireCush seat used by the wheelchair-bound to reduce the incidence of pressure sores and improve balance and comfort. These cushions have since discovered a wider market which includes people suffering from haemorrhoids and by women after childbirth. In response to numerous requests Stuckey later came up with the C'AireCush Pressure Distributed Mattress Overlay which was used to improve the comfort of the bedridden. The latter two inventions won gold Medals at the Exhibition of Inventions. She was a member and active committee member of the Inventors Association of Australia. 1951 1951 Life event - Married Allan Eric Stuckey, in Sydney, New South Wales 1959 1959 Patent - Improvements in and relating to fly screens [54786/1959] 1980 1980 Award - Push Cush received a silver medal, 1980 International Exhibition of Inventions, Geneva, Switzerland 1981 1981 Patent - Inflatable multi-compartment exercise device [69433/1981] 1981 2013 Trade mark - Push Cush, Trade mark registered [362466] 1982 1982 Award - Second Individual Inventor, Techex 1982, Atlanta, Georgia, USA 1983 2005 Trade mark - C'AireCush, Trade mark registered [388424] 2015 2015 Buried - Cremated, Macquarie Park Crematorium Stuckey, Joan

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 'Stuckey, Joan', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Stuckey, Joan Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: The unsung Australians of 1980 The unsung Australians of 1980 1980 Australian Women's Weekly 28-33 Journal Article: Scores on the Board - Health cushions Scores on the Board - Health cushions Australian Department of Trade and Resources 1982 Overseas trading 34 9 265 Resource: Australian Patent search database IP Australia, Commonwealth of Australia Australian Patent search database Commonwealth of Australia 2015 Resource: Australian Patent search database IP Australia, Commonwealth of Australia Australian Patent search database Commonwealth of Australia 2015 Newspaper Article: My Life: Dear to dream - great Australian inventions Delforce, Rebecka My Life: Dear to dream - great Australian inventions 1999 Australian Good Taste January 30-34