Combined shovel and utility device

A combined shovel and utility device comprising an elongated rectilinear body (12) having a length greater than its width, a shovel scoop (14) integrally formed at one end of said body, the width of said body being approximately one-half the width of said scoop, said body having a generally planar top wall (16), the shovel scoop extending transversely beyond said body and having a bottom wall (56) projecting longitudinally beyond said body, the bottom wall having a rear wall portion (54) projecting upwardly and terminating at said top wall (16), the bottom wall inclining upwardly from said rear wall portion (54) and terminating in a forward edge (58) longitudinally aligned with and extending transversely beyond said top wall (16), an integral wall (59) extending around and projecting upwardly from the periphery of the bottom wall (56) and having an upper edge (60) generally coplanar with said top wall (16), said top wall (16) including a transverse opening (20) forming a handle (19) at the end of the body remote from the shovel scoop, a pair of laterally spaced recesses (30, 32) formed by body walls (34, 40) and (36, 42) and a longitudinally extending upwardly opening U-shape section (38) of said body (12) transversely spacing said recesses, said U-shape section having one end terminating proximate the rear wall portion (54) of the shovel scoop.