Portable back rest

An elongate horizontal head and back support structure with front and rear ends and engageable on and within substantially horizontal sand and turf planes with top surfaces;

• said support structure includes an elongate upwardly and rearwardly inclined panel with a substantially flat forwardly and upwardly disposed head and back engaging front surface, substantially longitudially extending sides, substantially horizontal laterally extending ends and a releasable coupling part at the rear of the panel positioned substantially midway between the sides and ends thereof;
• an elongate substantially T-shaped strut comprising an elongate, longitudinally extending normally forwardly and upwardly inclined post with an upper forward end releasably engaged with said coupling part of the panel and a lower rear end to occur adjacent the top surface of a related sand or turf plane in rearward spaced relationship from said panel, an elongate flat transversely extending foot with an upper central portion joined with the lower rear end of the post, a horizontal transversely extending lower edge spaced below the lower rear end of the post, a flat normally rearwardly and downwardly disposed rear surface and opposite ends spaced laterally outward from the central longitudinal axis of the post, the lower portion of the foot defined by said lower edge and rear surface occurs below the lower rear end of the post to penetrate and establish anchored engagement in a sand or turf plane with which the support is related.