Patent ID: 8424211

Claim:
A scissors comprising: a first arm including a first cutting portion, a first handle portion and a post protruding from a pivot point between the first cutting portion and the first handle portion; a second arm including a second cutting portion, a second handle portion, and an aperture between the second cutting portion and the second handle portion; the post including a shaft portion extending substantially through the aperture to pivotably engage the first arm with the second arm for relative angular displacement between the first arm and the second arm about the pivot point; the post including at least one tab portion extending substantially over at least one edge of the aperture to retain the first arm against the second arm; the aperture including at least one keyway providing clearance for the tab portion during assembly and disassembly of the first arm from the second arm; the keyway and tab oriented such that alignment for clearance between the keyway and tab occurs only when the angular displacement between the first arm and the second arm exceeds a predetermined angle; and at least one elastic interference portion coupled to at least one of the first arm and second arm, the elastic interference portion providing an interference between the first arm and second arm at the predetermined angle to prevent the angular displacement from exceeding the predetermined angle until a disassembly pivoting force is applied to the first arm and the second arm to deflect the at least one elastic interference portion and allow the angular displacement between the first arm and the second arm to exceed the predetermined angle, thus permitting the removal of the first arm from the second arm.