Roll cover assembly

An assembly for a vehicle comprising:

• first and second receptacles disposed on opposite sides of a cargo space of the vehicle;
• a cassette receiving a roll cover extendable to cover at least a portion of the cargo space and having cassette first and second ends engageable with the first and second receptacles respectively;
• a locking mechanism releasably locking the cassette first end into the first receptacle;
• and
• a release device connected to the locking mechanism and configured to release the cassette first end from the first receptacle by withdrawing a latching member of the locking mechanism from engagement with the first receptacle, wherein the release device is a tether;
• wherein the first receptacle includes a channel configured to slidably guide the cassette first end during insertion of the cassette first end into the first receptacle, the channel being tapered in a longitudinal direction such that a depth of the channel is smaller at a first receiving end of the channel than at a second locking end of the channel at which the cassette first end is locked by the locking mechanism.