Wooden bench

Types

• Park benches are set as seating places within public parks, and vary in the number of people they can seat.
• Garden benches are similar to public park benches, but are longer and offer more sitting places.
• Picnic tables, or catering buffet tables, have benches as well as a table. These tables may have table legs which are collapsible, in order to expedite transport and storage.
• Scenic benches are situated to provide a more comfortable means of enjoying the contemplation of a beautiful landscape, a busy street scene, or less commonly a specific event.
• Perch benches are usually situated in high traffic areas to enable people to take a quick break.
• A storage bench is a combination of sitting space and a storage box, often used for keeping gardening supplies or grill equipment.
• A form is a backless bench that was used for seating in dining rooms, school rooms and law courts — can be leather or upholstered fabric with or without a back rest.
• Wooden benches in early railway passenger cars