Patent ID: 7322781

Claim:
An apparatus for stabilizing cargo within a transport container, said apparatus comprising: a first tubular member having a generally cylindrical body having a first end and a second end, a first base connected to said first end of said first tubular member, and external threads fashioned on said second end of said first tubular member; and a second tubular member having a generally cylindrical body having a first end and a second end, a second base connected to said first end of said second tubular member, and internal threads fashioned within the interior of said second end of said second tubular member, said internal threads being operable to receive said external threads of said first tubular member for relative axial translation of said first tubular member with respect to said second tubular member; one of said first and said second bases being operable to react against a surface of cargo to be stabilized; the other of said first and said second bases being operable to react against an opposing surface within the transport container; a plurality of longitudinally extending raised strengthening ridges integral with the exterior surface of said first tubular member and abutting against said first base connected to said first tubular member; and a plurality of longitudinally extending raised strengthening ridges integral with the exterior surface of said second tubular member and abutting against said second base connected to said second tubular member, wherein said apparatus is operable stabilize the cargo by extending and filling a space between opposing surfaces of at least one of cargo and cargo and cargo and a surface of a transport container.