Combination beach bag and blanket

Claim 1

A combination beach bag and blanket construction comprising: a. a rectangular openable and closeable bag portion having a stiffening member on one side thereof corresponding to the bottom side of the blanket when positioned on the ground during use, said bag portion having a bottom side and a top side and being receptive of a user's gear for holding same when used as a bag and for providing a pillow on the top side when used as a blanket; b. a flexible planar blanket portion connected to said bag portion at one edge of said bottom side and foldable into a rectangular configuration of dimension similar to that of said stiffening member; and c. a flexible carrying handle connected to said top side of the bag portion and having a first hand grasping portion extending outwardly from an edge of said top side disposed opposite said one edge and a second hand grasping portion positioned to lie on the blanket portion when unfolded and extendable around and engaging the folded blanket portion for juxtaposition with the first hand grasping portion, said first and said second hand grasping portions each having a U-shape and connected to one another to form a unitary closed loop shape comprising said carrying handle, whereby the folded blanket portion and the bag portion are maintained in side by side relationship having said first and said second hand grasping portions extending outwardly therefrom.