Patent ID: 8861194

Claim:
A system for protecting portable electronic devices within a disposable protective enclosure, the system comprising: a housing; one or more processors; a power source; a display communicatively coupled to the one or more processors; one or more user interfaces communicatively coupled to the one or more processors; and a device encapsulator communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, the device encapsulator comprising a receiving area configured to receive at least one portable electronic device and a reactive disposable enclosure material, wherein the device encapsulator further comprises at least a first forming element disposed above the receiving area and at least a second forming element disposed below the first forming element, wherein the first and second forming elements are configured to apply at least one of a heat stimulus, a light stimulus, and a vacuum stimulus to shrink the reactive disposable enclosure material in size, and wherein at least one of the first and second forming elements transitions from a first position to a second position as a receiving portion transitions into and out of the housing.