Vehicle cargo area structure

A vehicle cargo area structure, comprising

• a vehicle body structure including a passenger compartment having a floor, a rearward section of the floor defining a cargo area that includes an upwardly facing surface;
• a rear seat assembly attached to the floor forward of the cargo area having a seat cushion portion and a seat upright portion moveable between an upright orientation and a folded orientation;
• a forward panel having a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, an edge extending between the first and second surfaces, and a support wall extending from the second surface in a direction away from the first surface, the forward panel being removably positionable in a first orientation within the cargo area in which the first surface faces upward and the support wall contacts the upwardly facing surface defining a concealed space between a forward section of the upwardly facing surface and the second surface with the edge abutting the rear seat assembly, and removably positionable in a second orientation in which the second surface faces upward with the support wall extending upward from the second surface with the first surface overlaying the forward section of the upwardly facing surface of the cargo area;
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• a rearward panel having a first surface and a second surface, the rearward panel being removably positioned along a rearward section of the upward facing surface in a third orientation in which the second surface faces the upwardly facing surface of the cargo area and the first surface is co-planar with the first surface of the forward panel with the forward panel in the first orientation.