Abstract: In an article carrying/keeping device having a pallet for placing an article and four props provided on the pallet in a standing manner, in order to transport any size of article while placing the article on a pallet whose size is suited for the size of the article, coupling members are provided between two props so that the intervals between the props detachably attached to the four corners of the pallet on which the article is placed can be changed freely, and the respective coupling members are coupled with the props 6 via the couplers so that the first and second couplers are fixed/coupled via the coupling members.