Abstract: A self-adjusting retractable screen system including a sheet of flexible screen material and a bottom bar assembly extending horizontally along a bottom edge of the sheet of flexible screen material from a first end to a second end. The bottom bar assembly includes a termination bar secured to the bottom edge of the sheet of flexible screen material and an adjustable arm received on the termination bar. The adjustable arm can be rotated between a level position and a rotated position.

Abstract: A self-adjusting retractable screen with an adjustable bottom bar assembly is disclosed herein. The adjustable bar assembly comprises a bottom bar assembly, an adjustable arm assembly, and a pivot assembly. The adjustable arm assembly is pivotally engaged with the bottom bar assembly via the pivot assembly, which is disposed in the horizontal center of both the bottom bar assembly and the adjustable arm assembly. During the deployment of the retractable screen, while the bottom bar assembly remains level, one side of the adjustable arm assembly can pivot upwards when the side first contacts a high point of an uneven surface, i.e., floor. When the screen retracts with the adjustable bottom bar assembly off the uneven surface, the adjust arm assembly has means to return itself to a level position.

Abstract: A tensioning apparatus and method for retractable screens and shades that includes a tensioning member disposed upon the end of a screen or shade. The tensioning member frictionally engages a sidewall within a guide rail, thereby tensioning a screen or shade in place against the wind or other force.