Portable lightweight bed

A lightweight bed assembly kit comprising:

• a plurality of slats;
• a plurality of runners, the slats and runners being adapted for connection to each other at spaced apart locations to form a grid;
• a sheet of corrugated material adapted to be disposed on an upper surface of the grid as a planar covering, the planar covering being constructed to form a substantially smooth sleeping surface;
• and
• surface channels located on the substantially smooth sleeping surface to allow air circulation over the sleeping surface.

A method of assembling a lightweight bed, the method comprising:

• arranging a plurality of runners and a plurality of slats generally transversely to each other and connecting the runners and slats together to form a grid including spaced apart slats and runners;
• connecting at least one U-shaped channel member to the grid to form a support frame;
• and
• mounting a covering on a top surface of the support frame, wherein the covering is constructed to form a substantially smooth sleeping surface.