Modular adjustable load stabilizer method and apparatus

Apparatus for stabilizing cargo within a transport container having opposing side walls, said apparatus comprising:

• a male tubular member having a body portion with a first end and a second end, external threads formed on the exterior surface of at least a longitudinal portion of said male tubular member;
• a first bearing member connected to said tubular male member at said first end thereof, said first bearing member being operable to react against at least one of cargo to be stabilized and at least one of other cargo to be stabilized and a side wall of the container;
• a female tubular member having a first end and a second end and being dimensioned to cooperate with said male tubular member, said female tubular member being formed from,
• a first elongate body portion formed by one half of a longitudinally divided cylinder,
• a second elongate body portion formed by another half of the longitudinally divided cylinder and together the two halves form said female tubular member,
• at least one register member extending between said first and second elongate body portions for aligning said first and second elongate body portions to form a cylindrical tubular female member,
• internal threads formed on the interior surface of at least a longitudinal portion of said female tubular member starting at the second end of said female tubular member and being operable to cooperate with the external threads on said male tubular member;
• and
• a cylindrical sleeve positioned around and substantially coextensive with the length of said first and second elongate body portions of said female tubular member for retaining said first and second elongate body portions together to form the cylindrical female member;
• a second bearing member connected to said female tubular member at said first end thereof, said second bearing member being operable to react against at least one of cargo to be stabilized and at least one of other cargo to be stabilized and a side wall of the container;
• and
• the second end of said female tubular member being configured to cooperatively receive the second end of said male tubular member and being operative to permit said tubular male member to selectively translate with respect to said tubular female member to extend or contract relative positions of said first and second bearing members thus stabilizing cargo within the container by extending and filling the space between opposing surfaces of cargo and side wall surfaces within the transport container.

Apparatus for stabilizing cargo within a transport container having opposing side walls, said apparatus comprising:

• a male tubular member having a body portion with a first end and a second end,
• a first bearing member connected to said male tubular member at said first end thereof, said first bearing member being operable to react against cargo to be stabilized and at least one of other cargo to be stabilized and a side wall of the container;
• a female tubular member having a first end and a second end and being dimensioned to cooperate with said male tubular member, said female tubular member being formed from,
• a first elongate body portion,
• a second elongate body portion, and
• a cylindrical sleeve positioned over and extending along at least a portion of the first and second body portions for maintaining engagement of the two body portions together to form said female tubular member;
• a second bearing member connected to said tubular female member at said first end thereof, said second bearing member being operable to react against at least one of cargo to be stabilized and a side wall of the container;
• and
• the second end of said tubular female member being configured to cooperatively receive the second end of said tubular male member and being operative to permit said tubular male member to selectively translate with respect to said tubular female member to extend or contract opposing relative positions of said first and second bearing members thus stabilizing cargo within the container by extending and filling the space between cargo and at least one of an opposing surface of other cargo and a wall surface within the transport container.

Apparatus for stabilizing cargo within a transport container, said apparatus comprising:

• a male tubular member having a body portion with a first end and a second end,
• a first bearing member connected to said male tubular member at said first end thereof, said first bearing member being operable to react against at least one of cargo to be stabilized and at least one of other cargo to be stabilized and a side wall of the container;
• a female tubular member having a first end and a second end and being dimensioned to cooperate with said male tubular member, said female tubular member being formed from,
• a first elongate body portion,
• a second elongate body portion,
• an end element having,
• a first portion connected to said first end of said first body portion, and
• a second portion connected to said first end of said second body portion and being operable in combination with said first portion to secure said female tubular member to said second bearing member, and
• a cylindrical sleeve positioned around and extending along at least a portion of the two halves of the longitudinally divided cylinder for maintaining engagement of the two longitudinally divided cylinder halves together to form said female tubular member;
• a second bearing member connected to said end element of said female tubular member at said first end thereof, said second bearing member being operable to react against at least one of cargo to be stabilized and a side wall of the container;
• and
• the second end of said female tubular member being configured to cooperatively receive the second end of said male tubular member and being operative to permit said male tubular member to selectively translate with respect to said female tubular member to extend or contract opposing relative positions of said first and second bearing members thus stabilizing cargo within the container by extending and filling the space between cargo and at least one of an opposing surface of other cargo and a wall surface within the transport container.