A stowaway table is used in closely confined areas such as the interior of an airplane and has a support frame with lower, upper and side frame sections defining a table storage area. A guide track having upper and lower ends is mounted to the frame. A table leaf has upper and lower ends and is dimensioned to be contained within the table storage area. The table leaf is mounted at its lower end for movement along the guide track. When the table leaf is at the lower guide track, the table leaf is positioned in a stowed position. When the table leaf is at the upper position of the guide track, the table leaf is outwardly extending from the support frame in a raised horizontal position. A strut has opposing ends and is pivotally mounted at one end to the lower frame section and at the other end to the upper end of the table leaf. The strut includes a plunger which biases the upper end of the table leaf upward and outward from the frame a sufficient distance to allow movement of the lower end of the table leaf upward along the guide track to allow pivoting movement of the table leaf into a raised horizontal position. The strut also aids in supporting the table leaf in its raised position.
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