US Patent Issued to NL Enterprises on Dec. 9 for "Non-lethal projectile construction and launcher" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,886, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to NL Enterprises (Cheyenne, Wyo.).

"Non-lethal projectile construction and launcher" was invented by Christopher Pedicini (Brentwood, Tenn.) and Josh Pedicini (Nashville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nonlethal projectile includes a debilitating material for immobilizing a target. The projectile is capable of self-separating or otherwise opening after launch by a launcher to release the debilitating material prior to impact with a target. The launcher is capable of initiating separation of the projectile. Opening may also be accomplished by a control circuit with a radio-frequency identifi...