Patent ID: 8113566

Claim:
A loading space cover for selectively covering a loading space of a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle having opposite front and rear ends spaced apart along a vehicle longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle and opposite first and second transverse sides, the loading space cover comprising: a dimensionally stable housing with first and second longitudinal ends in proximity to the respective first and second transverse sides of the motor vehicle; a flexible sheet rolled up in the housing; first and second fastening devices in proximity to the respective first and second longitudinal ends of the housing, the first and second fastening devices being configured for releasably engaging respective first and second loading-space fasteners of the motor vehicle for releasably holding the loading space cover, at least one of the fastening devices being movable relative to the housing toward and away from the other of the fastening devices and having a locking mechanism with a bolt aligned in the vehicle longitudinal direction, a spring preloading the bolt into a locking position where the bolt blocks movement of the fastening device away from the loading space fastener for fixing the loading space cover in the fastener, an unlocking lever disposed for moving the bolt counter to forces exerted by the spring and into an unlocked state that permits movement of the fastening device in the longitudinal direction of the loading space cover and away from the loading-space fastener.