Joint for chair frame and chair including a frame having the joint and a seat attached to the frame

A chair comprising a frame and a seat attached to the frame, the frame comprising:

• a plurality of frame members;
• a plurality of legs;
• a plurality of joints, each joint connecting together at least three of the frame members of the plurality of frame members and a respective leg of the plurality of legs, a first joint of the plurality of joints comprising:
• a body having a first side, a second side opposed to the first side across a horizontal plane that passes through the body, a first recess that extends into the body from the first side, the first recess dimensioned to receive a proximate end of a first leg of the chair frame in a first configuration of the chair frame, a second recess that extends into the body from the second side, the second recess laterally offset from the first recess, the second recess dimensioned to receive the proximate end of the first leg of the chair frame in a second configuration of the chair frame, the body having a sidewall slot that provides access into an interior of the second recess from an exterior thereof, the slot dimensioned to pass a cord attached to the first leg therethrough in transitioning between the first and the second configurations of the chair frame, the body further including a channel in the first side that extends between to the first recess and the second recess and that is dimensioned to receive the cord attached to the first leg therein in the second configuration of the chair frame, the body further having at least a third recess that extends in a substantially opposed relation to the first recess, the third recess dimensioned to receive a first end of a frame member of the chair frame.