Patent ID: 8398344

Claim:
An apparatus for stabilizing cargo within a transport container, said apparatus comprising: a first tubular member having a body having a first end and a second end, and a first bearing member connected to said first end of said body of said first tubular member, said first bearing member of said first tubular member being operable to react against a surface of at least one of an internal wall within said transport container and cargo to be stabilized within said transport container; said first bearing member of said first tubular member being selectively removable from said first tubular member; a second tubular member having a body having a first end and a second end, and a second bearing member connected to said first end of said body of said second tubular member; said second bearing member being operable to react against a surface opposite to said surface of at least one of an internal wall within said transport container and cargo to be stabilized within said transport container; said second bearing member of said second tubular member being selectively removable from said second tubular member; the second end of said second tubular member being configured to engage and selectively translate with respect to the second end of said first tubular member; said first tubular member defining a female tubular member and said second tubular member defining a male tubular member; a longitudinal length of each of said male tubular member and said female tubular member having a length dimension that is less than a diameter and greater a the radius of said first and second bearing members; a locking member operable to be connected to at least one of said first tubular member and said second tubular member for holding the apparatus for stabilizing at a desired length; wherein said apparatus for stabilizing cargo is operable to be placed between a surface of cargo to be stabilized and at least one of an opposing surface of other cargo to be stabilized within said transport container and an internal wall surface of said transport container thus stabilizing cargo within the container by extending and filling space between opposing surfaces within said transport container.