Abstract: The following disclosure shows a combination valise and backrest having a compartment for carrying articles such as those articles used at the beach. The valise has two triangularly shaped end panels and a base. Overlying the edge of the end panels and affixed thereto are a pair of front and rear walls or side panels. Both of the walls or side panels are secured by means of an upper brace in the form of a rod that is supported across the upper portions of the triangular end panels which accommodate the rods in an overcenter slot configuration. The walls or side panels are comprised in part of a piece of sheet material which can be extended in connected relationship as a part thereof. The sheet of material forms a seat that can be unfolded from the side walls or panels in extended relationship for seating purposes. At the same time, the wall or side panel provides a backrest that is held in place by the weight of one sitting on the extended sheet connected to the side panel.