Mechanically adjustable wedge assembly

A method of securing objects from movement during transport comprising the steps of:

• providing a mechanically adjustable wedge assembly comprising a centrally located cruciform-shaped four legged member and adjoining outer members, each leg of the central member having a linear succession of dual-faced oppositely-angled wedge sections, an inner surfaces of the outer members mating with an adjoining surfaces of the central member when in an initial condition, a bolt interconnecting the central and outer members and disposed in selectively extensive recesses therein, a nut anchored in a recess in the central member, the bolt threaded through the nut and having its head received in recesses in the outer members, a cruciform-shaped thrust plate anchored in the outer members and positioned in recesses therein immediately forward of the interior face of the bolt head, the bolt extending from a position within the end of the assembly toward which the wedge sections taper substantially thereinto so as to power the central member from at least the next to the end wedge section thereof, torquing the bolt by engaging the nut causing movement of the central member in an axial direction whereby the central member engages the outer members, the central member forcing the outer members to move in a lateral direction and abut the object thereby preventing movement of the object during transport.