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A vehicle including a storage compartment associated with the load floor, a stowable seat having a seat structure and configured to move between a deployed position and a stowed position where the stowable seat is stowed within the storage compartment, and a load floor access panel assembly. The loa

A vehicle including a storage compartment associated with the load floor, a stowable seat having a seat structure and configured to move between a deployed position and a stowed position where the stowable seat is stowed within the storage compartment, and a load floor access panel assembly. The load floor access panel assembly is movable between an open position providing access to the storage compartment, and a closed position where the load floor access panel assembly is in a substantially flat load floor configuration covering the storage compartment. The rearward panel includes a channel formed therein configured to receive the seat structure, and a seat structure access panel pivotally coupled to the rearward panel and configured to move between a load floor position where the seat structure access panel covers the channel, and an access position where the seat structure access panel is pivoted away from the channel.

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1. A vehicle comprising: a load floor;a storage compartment associated with the load floor;a stowable seat having a seat structure coupled to the vehicle, the stowable seat configured to move between a deployed position and a stowed position where the stowable seat is stowed within the storage compa

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A vehicle comprising: a load floor;a storage compartment associated with the load floor;a stowable seat having a seat structure coupled to the vehicle, the stowable seat configured to move between a deployed position and a stowed position where the stowable seat is stowed within the storage compartment; anda load floor access panel assembly associated with the storage compartment and the stowable seat, the load floor access panel including a forward panel pivotally coupled to the load floor, and a rearward panel pivotally coupled to the forward panel, the load floor access panel assembly movable between an open position providing access to the storage compartment, and a closed position where the load floor access panel assembly is in a substantially flat load floor configuration covering the storage compartment;wherein the rearward panel includes a channel formed therein configured to receive the seat structure when the stowable seat is in the deployed position and the load floor access panel is in the closed position, and a seat structure access panel pivotally coupled to the rearward panel and configured to move between a load floor position where the seat structure access panel covers the channel, and an access position where the seat structure access panel is pivoted away from the channel by the seat structure;wherein the seat structure access panel is rotatably coupled to the rearward panel by a hinge coupling that includes a biasing mechanism configured to bias the seat structure access panel to the closed position within the channel. 2. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein the seat structure includes two legs, the rearward panel includes two channels to receive the two legs, and the rearward panel includes two seat structure access panels coupled thereto and configured to each cover one of the two channels when the seat is in the stowed position. 3. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein the forward panel includes a forward edge and a rearward edge, and the rearward panel includes a forward edge and a rearward edge; and wherein the forward edge of the forward panel is rotatably coupled to the load floor, and the rearward edge of the forward panel is rotatably coupled to the forward edge of the rearward panel. 4. The vehicle of claim 3, wherein the channel extends from the rearward edge of the rearward panel toward the forward edge of the rearward panel. 5. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein the vehicle includes a longitudinal axis extending from a front of the vehicle to a rear of the vehicle, and wherein the channel extends along a channel axis substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis. 6. The vehicle of claim 5, wherein the seat structure access panel rotates about an access panel axis that is substantially orthogonal to the channel axis. 7. The vehicle of claim 6, wherein the seat structure includes a seat leg, and wherein the seat structure access panel engages a forward side of the seat leg in moving from the load floor position to the access position, the seat structure access panel remaining in engagement with the front side of the seat leg when the seat is in the deployed position and the load floor access panel is in the closed position. 8. The vehicle of claim 6, wherein the forward panel rotates about a first axis substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal axis, and the rearward panel rotates about a second axis substantially parallel to the first axis. 9. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein the biasing mechanism is a torsion spring. 10. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein the seat structure access panel is sized and shaped to fill the channel so as to provide a flat load floor configuration for the rearward panel substantially as if the access channel was not present. 11. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein the seat structure access panel is moved from the closed position to the open position by contact with the seat structure when the load floor access panel assembly is moved toward the closed position. 12. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein the forward panel includes an integrated access door that is configured to move independently of the forward panel and the rearward panel. 13. A vehicle comprising: a load floor;a storage compartment associated with the load floor;a stowable seat having a seat structure coupled to the vehicle, the stowable seat configured to move between a deployed position and a stowed position where the stowable seat is stowed within the storage compartment; anda load floor access panel assembly associated with the storage compartment and the stowable seat, the load floor access panel including a forward panel pivotally coupled to the load floor, and a rearward panel pivotally coupled to the forward panel, the load floor access panel assembly movable between an open position providing access to the storage compartment, and a closed position where the load floor access panel assembly is in a substantially flat load floor configuration covering the storage compartment;wherein the rearward panel includes a channel formed therein configured to receive the seat structure when the stowable seat is in the deployed position and the load floor access panel is in the closed position, and a seat structure access panel pivotally coupled to the rearward panel and configured to move between a load floor position where the seat structure access panel covers the channel, and an access position where the seat structure access panel is pivoted away from the channel by the seat structure; andwherein the load floor access panel assembly further includes a frame member coupled to the seat structure access panel and configured to engage a frame portion of the vehicle when the load floor access panel is in the load floor position and the seat is in the stowed position to prevent the seat structure access panel from being depressed when the load floor access panel assembly is in the closed position and the seat is in the stowed position. 14. A vehicle comprising: a load floor;a storage compartment associated with the load floor;a stowable seat having a seat structure coupled to the vehicle, the stowable seat configured to move between a deployed position and a stowed position where the stowable seat is stowed within the storage compartment; anda load floor access panel assembly associated with the storage compartment and the stowable seat, the load floor access panel including a forward panel pivotally coupled to the load floor, and a rearward panel pivotally coupled to the forward panel, the load floor access panel assembly movable between an open position providing access to the storage compartment, and a closed position where the load floor access panel assembly is in a substantially flat load floor configuration covering the storage compartment;wherein the rearward panel includes a channel formed therein configured to receive the seat structure when the stowable seat is in the deployed position and the load floor access panel is in the closed position, and a seat structure access panel pivotally coupled to the rearward panel and configured to move between a load floor position where the seat structure access panel covers the channel, and an access position where the seat structure access panel is pivoted away from the channel by the seat structure;wherein the vehicle includes a longitudinal axis extending from a front of the vehicle to a rear of the vehicle, and wherein the channel extends along a channel axis substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis; andwherein the seat structure access panel rotates about an access panel axis that is oriented at an angle relative to both the channel axis and a cross-car axis. 15. The vehicle of claim 14, wherein the seat structure includes a seat leg, and wherein the seat structure access panel engages an outboard side of the seat leg in moving from the load floor position to the access position, the seat structure access panel remaining in engagement with the outboard side of the seat leg when the seat is in the deployed position and the load floor access panel is in the closed position to maintain the seat structure access panel in the access position. 16. The vehicle of claim 15, wherein when the seat is in the deployed position and the load floor access panel assembly is in the closed position, the seat leg is received in the access channel and the seat structure access panel is in engagement with and biased by the seat leg to the access position where the seat structure access panel extends along the outboard side of the seat leg. 17. The vehicle of claim 15, wherein the seat structure access panel rotates downwardly relative to the rearward panel and outwardly away from the leg when the seat structure access panel engages the seat leg upon moving the load floor access panel assembly from the open position to the closed position.