Combination sleeping pad and backpack

A combination sleeping pad and backpack comprising

• a double layer of material being essentially in the form of a long rectangle when placed in a horizontal position and provided with extensions on each side approximately midway of the length of said rectangle,
• each of said extensions terminating in outermost edges,
• said double layer of material being provided with padding between said layers, except for one end of said long rectangle,
• each of said extensions being provided on each of their outermost edges with a portion of a zipper,
• the portion of said long rectangle at the other end of said long rectangle and immediately adjacent said extensions being provided on each edge of each side thereof with a portion of a zipper complementary to said portions of said zippers on said extensions and adapted to engage the complimentary portions of the portions of said zippers on the outermost edges of said extensions when said portion of said long rectangle immediately adjacent said extensions is folded back so as to permit said zippers to become engaged.