Patent ID: 7086337

Claim:
A non-lethal ammunition projectile, comprising: a projectile body removably emplaceable within a shell casing, the body including a forward leg having a forward end portion for mounting a payload, a rearward leg having a first chamber for receiving a propellant, and a medial collar exteriorly configured for sealing engagement with the casing wall when the projectile is in the casing, the forward end portion defining a second chamber and having an interior wall, and the forward end portion, the legs, and the collar being generally cylindrical and concentrically disposed along a central longitudinal axis, a mass disposed within the forward end portion for balancing the projectile and inhibiting tumbling of the projectile in flight, and a payload subassembly removably emplaceable within the forward end portion, the payload subassembly comprising a closure member of resilient material, a nose member, and a payload, the closure member including a stem sized to frictionally engage the interior wall of the forward end portion and having a third chamber to receive the mass whereby to position the mass along the central longitudinal axis, and a cylindrical cap sized to close the forward end of said second chamber, and said nose member being dome-like and connectible in an interference fit to the cap whereby to form a fourth chamber within which the payload is received.