My kids are getting too tall to sleep in the L-shaped sleeping area that I created when I built out my Cougar camper. So I am going to tackle an upper bunk cot-style bed that will fit along the camper wall. The cot material will span between two oak boards. One of them will be screwed to the wall...
The other board will span between the ledge on the top of the door and the ledge at the edge of the upper bed. Here's the top of the door ledge part, there will be two of these brackets and a hole in the board into which I'll put a spring pin so the board stays put....
At the other end of this board will be a hanger bracket like this (in primer right now)...
The hanger bracket will wrap over the existing bed board and engage with another bracket here so it will stay put...
So I will have two parallel boards with the cot material looped for the boards to slide into, and the cot will span about 30" wide and over 6 feet long. I'll need a couple of braces from the outer board angled down into the corner below so the outer board does not bow inward when there is weight on the cot. When not sleeping the whole thing will stow along the wall. I'll keep you posted as this project evolves. Note that this is for my 9 year old daughter that weighs about 50lbs. This would not be suitable for a young child or a larger, older child or adult. I'll probably add some kind of safety straps. It is a long way to the floor of the camper from up there.
The other board will span between the ledge on the top of the door and the ledge at the edge of the upper bed. Here's the top of the door ledge part, there will be two of these brackets and a hole in the board into which I'll put a spring pin so the board stays put....
At the other end of this board will be a hanger bracket like this (in primer right now)...
The hanger bracket will wrap over the existing bed board and engage with another bracket here so it will stay put...
So I will have two parallel boards with the cot material looped for the boards to slide into, and the cot will span about 30" wide and over 6 feet long. I'll need a couple of braces from the outer board angled down into the corner below so the outer board does not bow inward when there is weight on the cot. When not sleeping the whole thing will stow along the wall. I'll keep you posted as this project evolves. Note that this is for my 9 year old daughter that weighs about 50lbs. This would not be suitable for a young child or a larger, older child or adult. I'll probably add some kind of safety straps. It is a long way to the floor of the camper from up there.