Joint and furniture with joint

A balance joint suitable for attaching between a seat arrangement and a chair leg arrangement, the balance joint comprising:

• first and second mountings together forming a hollow space;
• and
• at least one hinge pin, wherein the first and second mountings are rotatably mounted to each other by the at least one hinge pin, wherein the mountings include an attachment plate and side walls so that the side walls of the first mounting can be arranged outside the side walls of the second mounting, and wherein one of the mountings includes with two additional side walls, so that the hollow space between the mountings is completely delimited by side walls;
• and
• at least one elastic packing arranged in said hollow space and arranged between the mountings so that expansion of the elastic packing is limited by the mounting in all directions.