Yosef Karo, Shulchan Aruch — Yoreh Deah 191
“ He should not sit on a bed that is set aside for her, even if it is not in front of her. Rama: And it is forbidden to sit on a long bench that sways and is not connected to the wall when his wife who is in Niddah sits on it. And there are those who permit when another man acts as a buffer and sits between them. ”
