Patent ID: 7089863

Claim:
A non-lethal cartridge having sufficient discharge energy for use, without modification, in conventional firearms with a rifled barrel, which non-lethal cartridge comprises: a non-lethal projectile having a grooved outer surface which will mate with the rifling of said firearm and impart a spin to said projectile when traversing the barrel thereof; a dense powder ballast contained within a payload cup which payload cup will open upon discharge, causing a dispersion of said dense powder ballast; and wherein said dense powder ballast provides sufficient initial inertial mass to permit proper functioning of the firearm, but disperses and dissipates a portion of the discharge energy simulating the recoil impulse and permitting said non-lethal projectile to simulate the trajectory of standard ammunition, and wherein the dense powder ballast is a dense material which will not agglomerate under the acceleration inherent in the discharge of a firearm.