Patent ID: 8157093

Claim:
A packing unit comprising: a pallet having an article mount face to mount an article thereon; and a fixing device to fix the article to the pallet, the fixing device including a fixing member opposing a structural bottom base of the article and formed in a hook shape to be engageable with a fixed portion of the structural bottom base of the article to fix the article to the pallet, and a moving mechanism to move the fixing member between an article fix position at which the fixing member is engaged with the fixed portion and a storage position at which the fixing member is stored in the pallet, wherein the moving mechanism projects the fixing member from the pallet and moves the fixing member substantially parallel to the article mount face of the pallet to shift the fixing member to the article fix position, wherein the pallet has a setting portion, wherein the fixing device further includes an assembly and a guide member, the assembly having the fixing member, and wherein the moving mechanism has a holder member to hold the assembly movable substantially parallel to the article mount face via the guide member, an operation member slidable substantially parallel to the article mount face within the setting portion of the pallet, and a connector to connect the assembly and the operation member.