PITTSBURGH – November 10, 2026 -- A Woburn, Massachusetts, inventor has developed a patent-pending pusher tool for insulated metal panels and is offering the design for licensing or sale to manufacturers and marketers.
PANEL PUSHER targets tightening and plumbing of insulated metal panels
The inventor, an installer by trade, designed the PANEL PUSHER as a longer-lasting alternative for installing insulated metal panels used in construction. The tool is intended to make installation faster and easier while maintaining a high level of safety.
It is meant to help tighten and plumb an insulated metal panel without damaging it. According to the inventor, it replaces weak or flimsy pushers that do not last, and it prevents damage to tongue-and-groove connections.
A prototype is available upon request.
InventHelp's Boston sales office received the submission
The design was submitted to the Boston sales office of InventHelp, a Pittsburgh-based invention-service company. The invention is available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers that want to bring it to market.
The release frames commercial demand as possible rather than proven: construction industry members are seeking a better way to install metal panels, and a more durable, easy-to-use pusher may find buyers among construction companies and carpenters.