Locking button system

A method for coupling a male component of a locking button system to a female component of locking button system, the method comprising:

• providing a male component having a male flange portion and a male locking pin provided on an upper surface of the male component;
• providing a female component, the female component comprising:
• an annular retention ring defining an interior cavity, the annular retention ring having an interior groove provided on the interior surface, the interior cavity having an inner diameter corresponding to an outer diameter of the flange portion of the male component;
• an axially telescoping cap;
• and
• a second locking pin provided on an interior surface of the axially telescoping cap;
• inserting the male component into the female component;
• translating the male component axially until the male locking pin abuts against the second locking pin and thus causing a first axial translation of the axially telescoping cap;
• translating the male component radially outward in a first radial translation thus causing the male flange portion to engage a sidewall of the interior groove sufficiently to provide an axial clearance between the male locking pin and the second locking pin;
• translating the axially telescoping cap so as to cause a second axial translation of the axially telescoping cap such that the second locking pin interferes with a second radial translation of the male locking pin and thus the male component.