Patent ID: 7222471

Claim:
A packing method comprising: providing a pallet; placing an article on the pallet; and fixing the article on the pallet, wherein an article-fixing member is accommodated in an accommodating space internal to the pallet such that the article-fixing member can be pulled out from the accommodating space when the article is to be packed and is wound around the article to firmly fix the article on the pallet, wherein a removable ceiling plate is used, when the article is packed, the removable ceiling plate is removed, the article-fixing member is wound around a surface of the article below a position where the ceiling plate will be once the removable ceiling plate is replaced, a cover is disposed between the position where the removable ceiling plate will be once the removable ceiling plate is replaced and the article, and then, the ceiling plate is replaced, and the article is an image forming apparatus, the surface of the article is a document table located below the ceiling plate, the image forming apparatus is provided at its upper surface with an automatic document feeder having a document catch tray which can open and close with respect to the document table, and the document catch tray has a shape which stands up, the article-fixing member is wound around the document table located below the automatic document feeder having the article-fixing member which can open and close, thereby fixing the image forming apparatus on the pallet.