A securing device includes a base and a sheet placed on the base. The sheet includes a hole. A securing support is disposed opposite the hole of the sheet. A coupler secures the sheet to the base through the securing support. The securing support includes a contact face that contacts the coupler. The contact face includes a notch through which the securing support is removed from the coupler to separate the base from the sheet without removing the coupler.

An air cushion having first and second rooms bends at a partition at a corner of a multi-function peripheral (MFP) and contacts a first face of the MFP at a first room outer surface and a second face of the MFP at an second room outer surface. An outer case applies pressure to the outer surfaces of the first and second rooms and presses the first and second rooms to the MFP. When the first room receives a force from outside the outer case, gas moves from the first room to the second room against pressure the outer case applies to the second room, such that a side wall of the outer case contacting the second room deforms. Upon removal of the force, the side wall returns to an original flat state and presses the second room, such that the gas returns from the second room to the first room.

A buffering member (1) is interposed between a packaging box (4) having a bottom plate (41) and side plates (42a), (42b) stood along peripheral edges of the bottom plate (41) and a first packed article (5). The buffering member (1) includes a placement section (10) on which the first packed article (5) is to be placed and a pair of leg pieces (31), (35) to be connected to a pair of opposing edges of the placement section (10) via folding lines (32), (36). The pair of leg pieces (31), (32) are folded downward along the folding line (32), (36) with an obtuse angle with respect to the placement section (10) and then lower edges (31b), (35b) of the pair of leg pieces (31), (35) are engaged with boundaries between the bottom plate (41) and the side plates (42a) of the packaging box (4).

A packing member attached to an article to be packed, which is accommodated in a package box, to absorb an impact applied to the article, including: a first supporting part; a second supporting part; and a shock absorbing member connected to the first supporting part and the second supporting part. One of the first supporting part and the second supporting part is disposed so as to be partially in contact with the article in a state in which an impact is not applied. When an impact is applied, the shock absorbing member deforms to absorb the impact.

A packaging member for cleaning blades each having a blade main body and a holder part comprises at least one set of packaging member main bodies for supporting, respectively, opposite ends and of the holder parts of the cleaning blades. A first packaging member main body which is one of the set of packaging member main bodies has a plurality of first support parts disposed at predetermined intervals along the longitudinal direction of the packaging member main body. The first support parts each support one end portion of the holder part. A second packaging member main body which is the other of the set of packaging member main bodies has a plurality of second support parts disposed at the predetermined intervals along the longitudinal direction of the packaging member main body. The second support parts each support the other end portion of the holder part.

A packaging box includes a bending piece provided at an end part of the other end side of a tubular side plate of the packaging box, and pressed while being surrounded by a breakable line and a bending line so as to be broken and bent to the inside of the box along the breakable line. In the bending state, the bending piece is configured such that its distal end part is positioned at the other end side from a receiving area of an object to be packaged and inhibits movement of the object to be packaged to the other end side.

A packing member includes a packing case, a first cushioning member that includes a side plate and a second cushioning member that is arranged between the side plate and the packing case, the first cushioning member includes a first engagement portion, the first engagement portion is coupled to an upper edge of the side plate, the second cushioning member includes a second engagement portion, the first cushioning member and the second cushioning member are stored in the packing case, and the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion are engaged with each other by turning the first engagement portion downward such that the first cushioning member is located and the first engagement portion is turned upward such that the engagement of the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion is released.

A packaging box (1) includes a storage part (2), an inner flap (21) and an outer flap (22). The inner flap (21) is provided with a slit (31) along an edge (11a) and the outer flap (12) is provided with an insertion piece (41) connected to a tip edge (22a) via a bending line (42). The insertion piece (41) is inserted into the slit (31) by being bent along the bending line (42). The insertion piece (41) has an engaging piece (45) configured to be foldable along a folding line (44) extending in a direction crossing the tip edge (22a) and to have an engaging edge (45a) facing the tip edge (22a). When the engaging piece (45) is folded along the folding line (44), the engaging edge (45a) is inclined downward toward its distal end.

A packing member packs a fixing device which is detachable from and attachable to an image forming apparatus. The packing member allows a user to grip the fixing device by being interposed between the fixing unit mounted on the image forming apparatus and the user. The packing member includes a cover part covering the fixing device, and a left gripping part and a right gripping part which are provided as a pair in the left and right of the cover part and grip a gripped part formed in the fixing device. The left gripping part and the right gripping part have a heat insulator insulating heat between an inner surface and an outer surface. The inner surface is attached to the gripped part under pressure by applying pressing force to the outer surface.

A buffering member (1) is interposed between a packaging box (4) having a bottom plate (41) and side plates (42a), (42b) stood along peripheral edges of the bottom plate (41) and a first packed article (5). The buffering member (1) includes a placement section (10) on which the first packed article (5) is to be placed and a pair of leg pieces (31), (35) to be connected to a pair of opposing edges of the placement section (10) via folding lines (32), (36). The pair of leg pieces (31), (32) are folded downward along the folding line (32), (36) with an obtuse angle with respect to the placement section (10) and then lower edges (31b), (35b) of the pair of leg pieces (31), (35) are engaged with boundaries between the bottom plate (41) and the side plates (42a) of the packaging box (4).