Sofa Bed on 3750FL shortfalls and hopeful remedy

[bncinwv]

We had quite a discussion last fall with regards to the obvious shortfalls in the design of the sofa/air bed combo that comes in the 3750FL. Some even mentioned whether an extension was needed to fully support the air mattress. Checking with Flair yielded a partial explanation that the air mattress was designed to lay long-ways on the sofa frame. After trying that one time and seeing the problems associated with it, namely that a persons feet would be close to the slide walls and in turn the window shades, I quickly reached the conclusion that I would prefer to have the air mattress laid across the frame and extending into the living room. This results in about a foot and a half of overhang for the air bed, which for a temporary fix, I was placing ottomans beneath the air bed for support. One of this Springs fixes will be to fabricate an extension for the frame which will do away with the ottoman supports. I am leaning towards a simple sheet of plywood or equivalent with folding legs and some u-type clips to attach to the existing frame of the sofa bed. There is room behind the sofa to store it with the legs folded. I will post some pictures of before and after and it should give others some ideas on making the combination more functional.
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[kylec2]

We bought a storage ottoman and lay the mattress such that your head is at the emergency escape window and your feet pointing to the window on the opposite side of the trailer. The ottoman provides support for the foot of the mattress and storage for the bedding. I liked the ottoman idea you mentioned previously since I like a footrest when watching TV.

[bncinwv]

That is exactly the way I am doing it too, Kyle. I just hate not having something more permanent.
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[Bill-N-Donna]

Bingo, you’re not used to working on things that don’t float in the river. Are you going to be able to follow through with this project without placing some kind of floating device on it?

On second thought I guess the “air mattress” would float.

[bncinwv]

You might have a point there, Bill. My track record with the Autoformer install is definitely not within an acceptable time-frame. Seems like I started it last October or November and it still isn't complete. At least I did get the EMS system installed and the sink faucet replaced!!! Guess I need to go to mini-storage soon!
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