Cuff links with interchangeable decorative plates with improved quick-release mounting

A cuff link assembly, for use in releasably securing together two cuffs of a French cuff shirt, and being configured to interchangeably receive any one of a plurality of decorative cover plates that may be utilized to change an appearance of said cuff link assembly, said cuff link assembly comprising:

• said decorative cover plate formed of a magnetic material, and having a shaped periphery said cover plate having a top surface and a bottom surface and wherein said bottom surface is substantially flat;
• a cuff link base, said cuff link base comprising an opening defining a recess with a peripheral side wall shaped to correspond to said shaped periphery of said decorative cover plate, and a bottom wall;
• said bottom wall comprising:
• a first portion being substantially flat and having said first portion at a first level in said base and comprising a magnetic material configured to magnetically couple a portion of said decorative cover plate to said base;
• and a second portion, said second portion of said bottom wall formed to be substantially flat and having said second portion at a second level in said base, said second level separated from said cover plate when said cover plate is in said cuff link base, and,
• wherein said decorative cover plate is pivotable within said recess when pressure is placed on the portion of the cover plate over said second portion, to unsecure said magnetic coupling of said magnetic material of said decorative cover plate from said magnetic material of said first portion thereby permitting said cover plate to be removed from said base;
• a post extending laterally from said base member;
• and
• a cross member extending laterally from said post proximate to a distal end of said post.