Patent ID: 8434622

Claim:
An article packaging unit for home delivery services, comprising: a combination of at least an outer box and a packaging mat, wherein the outer box comprises a box main body and an outer lid, the outer box is a container that stores an article, the box main body is a hollow cube container having an opening part opening and extending from a part of a front surface of the box main body to a part of an upper surface of the box main body, and a cushion extending from a bottom surface of the box main body to a back surface of the box main body to hold the article therein, the outer lid is connected to an opening edge of the upper surface of the box main body such that the outer lid flaps to open and close the opening part of the box main body, the packaging mat is an airtight bag having cushioning bodies therein, at least a portion of the packaging mat is removably attached to an inside of the outer box, and the packaging mat has a valve thereon, the cushioning bodies solidify the packaging mat to bring the packaging mat into close contact with a surface of the article and lessen impacts applied from outside by fitting a shape of the article packed with the packaging mat and increasing a filling density in the airtight bag when air inside of the airtight bag of the packaging mat is evacuated and an internal capacity is reduced, the valve comprises a combination of a check valve and an air intake valve, the check valve opens when a suction force of a pump is applied when deaerating an inside of the packaging mat, and after deaeration, the check valve closes to block introduction of outside air into the packaging mat, the air intake valve introduces the outside air into the packaging mat, the inside of which is deaerated by a valve opening operation, the deaerated and solidified packaging mat holds the article at a fixed position, the cushion has a continuous L shape having a short side and a long side, and the short side has a step at an end thereof to hold the article between the step and the long side of the continuous L shape.