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A storage module adapter assembly includes adapter base plates that are two-person portable, can be installed/removed by hand, and cooperate with existing structures of existing modular cargo containers. Each adapter base plate includes various longitudinal and transverse frame members, as well as f

A storage module adapter assembly includes adapter base plates that are two-person portable, can be installed/removed by hand, and cooperate with existing structures of existing modular cargo containers. Each adapter base plate includes various longitudinal and transverse frame members, as well as first and second longitudinal frame members on opposed sides thereof. The first longitudinal frame member has a first height, and the second longitudinal frame member has a second height, which is greater than the first height. Each of the first and second longitudinal frame members also include generally horizontal flange members extending from a top side thereof, such that when two adapter base plates are appropriately positioned side by side, the generally horizontal flange members on the adjacent sides of the two adapter base plates overlap due to the difference between the first and second heights. The adapter base plates can then be connected together by appropriate mechanisms.

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1. An adapter plate for a storage module adapter assembly configured to be positioned on a support surface of a modular container, comprising: first and second longitudinal frame members, each of the first and second longitudinal frame members having a generally horizontal flange member that extends

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An adapter plate for a storage module adapter assembly configured to be positioned on a support surface of a modular container, comprising: first and second longitudinal frame members, each of the first and second longitudinal frame members having a generally horizontal flange member that extends an entire length of a top portion thereof, said first longitudinal frame member having a first height, and said second longitudinal frame member having a second height,wherein said first and second longitudinal frame members are configured so that said adapter plate is positionable adjacent at least one of an identical second adapter plate along a support surface of a modular container so that the horizontal flange member of the first longitudinal frame member of the adapter plate overlaps the horizontal flange member of the second longitudinal frame member of the second adapter plate in adjacent nested relationship to thereby enable connection of the two adapter plates together on the support surface in a manner restraining relative vertical and horizontal movement between the adapter plates and with the respective flange members in nested relationship. 2. The adapter plate according to claim 1, including a plurality of sockets at an upper side of the plate configured to receive downwardly extending feet of a storage module to be supported and anchored to the plate. 3. The adapter plate according to claim 2, including a securing assembly for vertically securing a storage module to the plate when the storage module feet are disposed in the sockets. 4. The adapter plate according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of connection openings provided in each of the generally horizontal flange members, wherein, the adapter plate is configured so that when the generally horizontal flange members of the adapter plate and the second adapter plate overlap to enable connection of the two adapter plates together with the flange members in nested relationship, the connection openings of the overlapping flange members are aligned and capable of receiving at least one connection member. 5. The adapter plate according to claim 4, further comprising at least one connection member arranged to pass through at least one set of aligned connection openings of the overlapping flange members. 6. The adapter plate according to claim 4, further comprising at least one anchor member provided to pass through at least one of the plurality of connection openings. 7. The adapter plate according to claim 6, further comprising an anchor plate attached to the at least one anchor member. 8. The adapter plate according to claim 1, further comprising a connection flange provided at each end on a bottom side of the second longitudinal frame member, wherein the connection flange acts as a pressure plate, such that when the adapter plate and the second adapter plate are positioned adjacent to each other the connection flange is configured so that a head of a bolt is capable of engaging the connection flange in order to provide laterally orientated outward pressure at a bottom of the adapter plates to prevent upward flexure of the adjacent adapter plates. 9. A modular container comprising: a support surface; anda storage module adapter assembly having at least first and second adapter plates, said first and second adapter plates each having: first and second longitudinal frame members each having a generally horizontal flange member that extends an entire length of at a top portion thereof;wherein the storage module adapter is positioned along the support surface so that the first longitudinal frame member of the first adapter plate has a first height, and the second longitudinal frame member of the second adapter plate has a second height such that when the first and second adapter plates are positioned adjacent to each other, the respective generally horizontal flange member of the first longitudinal frame member of the first adapter plate overlaps the horizontal flange member of the second longitudinal frame member of the second adapter plate to thereby allow connection of the two adapter plates together on the support surface in a manner restraining relative vertical and horizontal movement between the adapter plates with the respective flange members in nested relationship;wherein the storage module adapter assembly is anchored relative to the modular container. 10. The modular container according to claim 9, further comprising: a storage module which is selectively anchored relative to the modular container by selective anchoring to the storage module adapter assembly. 11. The modular container according to claim 10, further comprising: a plurality of sockets at an upper side of the at least first and second adapter plates configured to receive downwardly extending feet of the storage module. 12. The modular container according to claim 11, further comprising: at least one securing assembly for vertically securing the storage module to the storage module adapter assembly when the storage module feet are disposed in the sockets. 13. The modular container according to claim 9, further comprising a plurality of connection openings provided in each of the generally horizontal flange members; and wherein, when the generally horizontal flange members of the two adapter plates overlap to enable connection of the two adapter plates together with the flange members in nested relationship, the connection openings of the overlapping flange members are aligned and capable of receiving at least one connection member. 14. The modular container according to claim 13, further comprising at least one connection member arranged to pass through at least one set of aligned connection openings of the overlapping flange members. 15. The modular container according to claim 13, further comprising at least one anchor member provided to pass through at least one of the plurality of connection openings and arranged to anchor the storage module adapter assembly to the modular container. 16. The modular container according to claim 15, further comprising an anchor plate attached to the at least one anchor member. 17. A storage module adapter assembly configured to be positioned on a support surface of a modular container, comprising: at least first and second adapter plates each having first and second longitudinal frame members, said first and second longitudinal frame members each having a generally horizontal flange member that extends an entire length of at a top portion thereof,each adapter plate comprising two opposed outer transverse frame members, a central transverse frame member, and two opposed vertical transverse flange members positioned on the two opposed outer transverse frame members,wherein said first longitudinal frame member has a first height, and said second longitudinal frame member has a second height,wherein said first and second longitudinal frame members are positionable so that said first adapter plate is adjacent the second adapter plate along the support surface so that the horizontal flange member of the first longitudinal frame member of the first adapter plate overlaps the horizontal flange member of the second longitudinal frame member of the second adapter plate in adjacent nested relationship to thereby enable connection of the two adapter plates together on the support surface in a manner restraining relative vertical and horizontal movement between the adapter plates with their respective flange members in nested relationship. 18. The storage module adapter according to claim 17, wherein each of the first and second adapter plates further comprise a connection flange provided at each end on a bottom side of the adapter plates, wherein the connection flange acts as a pressure plate such that when the first adapter plate and the second adapter plate are positioned adjacent to each other, the connection flange is configured so that a head of a bolt is capable of engaging the connection flange in order to provide laterally oriented outward pressure at a bottom of the adapter plates to prevent upward flexure of the adjacent adapter plates. 19. The storage module adapter according to claim 17, further comprising a C-shaped support overlapping the horizontal flange member of the first longitudinal frame member of the first adapter plate and the horizontal flange member of the second longitudinal frame member of the second adapter plate and arranged in way such that the C-shaped support further prevents horizontal and vertical movement between the adapter plates. 20. The storage module adapter according to claim 17, wherein the horizontal flange member and first and second longitudinal frame members comprise a plurality of connection openings, each said connection openings being capable of receiving at least one connection member. 21. The adapter plate according to claim 3, wherein said securing assembly for vertically securing a storage module to the plate is centrally located on the adapter plate. 22. The adapter plate according to claim 21, wherein said securing assembly comprises an adapter clamping fitting configured to secure a storage module when the storage module feet are disposed in the sockets, and a rotatable arm configured to cause the adapter clamping fitting to at least move vertically to secure the storage module.