Combined capture and fire containment apparatus for portable electronic devices

A method for safely approaching and picking up a malfunctioning portable electronic device and inserting the device into a combined capture and fire containment apparatus, comprising:

• providing a combined capture and fire containment apparatus comprising,
• a telescoping rectangular prism-shaped hollow structure including a rectangular prism-shaped containment box and a rectangular prism-shaped lid portion, the lid portion being attached on opposing sides by telescoping drawer slides to the containment box,
• a sealing gasket disposed on a peripheral edge of the prism-shaped lid portion or on a peripheral edge of the containment box to seal between the lid portion and the containment box when the lid portion and containment box are in a closed orientation,
• a latch on an outside side portion of the lid and containment box to latch the lid portion and containment box in the closed position,
• a gas and fume collection filter in communication with an interior of the containment box disposed in the lid portion,
• a first handle disposed on an end portion of the lid portion,
• a second handle disposed on a side portion of the containment box,
• wherein the containment box and lid portion are insulated with a thermal flame retardant insulation;
• sliding the lid portion from a closed position to an opened position;
• approaching the portable electronic device using the combined capture and fire containment apparatus as a shield;
• opening the combined capture and fire containment apparatus by sliding the lid portion away from the containment box using the first and second handles;
• placing the portable electronic device between the lid portion, containment box and telescoping slides;
• and
• sliding the lid portion and the containment box toward one another using the first and second handles to capture the malfunctioning portable electronic device in the interior of the combined capture and fire containment apparatus.

A method for safely approaching and picking up a malfunctioning portable electronic device and inserting the device into a combined capture and fire containment apparatus, comprising:

• providing a combined capture and fire containment apparatus comprising,
• a telescoping rectangular prism-shaped hollow structure including a rectangular prism-shaped containment box and a rectangular prism-shaped lid portion, the lid portion being attached on opposing sides by telescoping drawer slides to the containment box, wherein the slides have a shatter-proof window fixedly attached on shoulder edges of opposing slides,
• a sealing gasket disposed on a peripheral edge of the prism-shaped lid portion or on a peripheral edge of the containment box to seal between the lid portion and the containment box when the lid portion and containment box are in a closed orientation,
• a latch on an outside side portion of the lid and containment box to latch the lid portion and containment box in the closed position,
• a gas and fume collection filter in communication with an interior of the containment box disposed in the lid portion,
• a first handle disposed on an end portion of the lid portion,
• a second handle disposed on a side portion of the containment box, wherein the containment box and lid portion are insulated with a thermal flame retardant insulation;
• sliding the lid portion from a closed position to an opened position;
• opening the combined capture and fire containment apparatus by sliding the lid portion away from the containment box using the first and second handles;
• placing the combined capture and fire containment apparatus in an open position on a floor with the shatter-proof window adjacent to the floor;
• placing the portable electronic device between the lid portion, containment box and telescoping slides on the shatter-proof window;
• sliding the lid portion and the containment box toward one another to capture the malfunctioning portable electronic device in the interior of the combined capture and fire containment apparatus.