Molded plastic shotshell

Claim 1

A SHOTGUN CARTRIDGE COMPRISING A PLASTIC TUBULAR CASING HAVING AN OPEN-ENDED MAIN BODY PORTION AND A SHOT CONTAINER-CLOSURE PORTION INTEGRALLY FORMED IN ONE PIECE WITH THE FRONT END OF SAID BODY PORTION, SAID CONTAINER-CLOSURE PORTION HAVING A SMALLER DIAMETER THAN SAID BODY PORTIION, ABUTMENT MEANS INTEGRALLY FORMED AT THE FRONT END OF SAID BODY PORTION AND PROJECTING INWARDLY TO BE INTEGRALLY FORMED WITH THE REAR END OF SAID CONTAINER-CLOSURE, HEAD MEANS ATTACHED TO THE REAR END OF SAID BODY PORTION, PRIMING MEANS IN SAID HEAD MEANS, PROPELLANT MEANS POSITIONED IN SAID MAIN BODY PORTION IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID PRIMING MEANS, CUSHION MEANS ADJACENT TO AND FORWARDLY OF SAID PROPELLANT MEANS, THE FORWARD END OF SAID CUSHION MEANS BEING IN ABUTTING RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID ABUTMENT MEANS, A PLURALITY OF SHOT PELLETS LOCATED FORWARDLY OF SAID CUSHION MEANS AND ARRANGED TO BE POSITIONED SUBSTANTIALLY OUTSIDE OF THE MAIN BODY PORTION AND WITHIN SAID CONTAINER-CLOSURE PORTION, SAID PRIMING MEANS UPON BEING FIRED BEING ADAPTED TO IGNITE SAID PROPELLANT MEANS TO EXPLOSIVELY FORCE SAID CUSHION MEANS AGAINST SAID ABUTMENT MEANS TO CUT OFF THE CONTAINER-CLOSURE PORTION WITH THE SHOT ENCLOSED THEREIN AND EXPLSIVELY PROJECT THE SHOT AND THE PROTECTIVE CONTAINER-CLOSURE PORTION THROUGH THE ASSOCIATED GUN BARREL WHEREUPON AFTER BEING PROJECTED OUT OF THE BARREL, THE CONTAINER-CLOSURE OPENS UP TO PERMIT THE SHOT PELLETS TO ESCAPE THEREFROM WITHOUT HAVING THEIR TRAJECTORIES AFFECTED.