Patent ID: 6895728

Claim:
A packaging method for packaging a packaged item with a stretch film comprising: (a) positioning a mounting table at a predetermined first position and mounting the packaged item on said mounting table, said mounting table configured to be raisable and lowerable; (b) after the packaged item has been mounted on said mounting table, lowering said mounting table, to position an upper end of the packaged item at said predetermined first position, positioning a film used for packaging in a packaging segment at a second position which is lower than said predetermined first position to tension and hold the film; (c) tensioning the film at the packaging segment; (d) raising said mounting table, pushing up the upper surface of the packaged item toward the film tensioned by the packaging segment, and packaging the upper surface of the packaged item with the film; and (e) folding an end part of the film packaging the upper surface of the packaged item onto a lower part of the packaged item.