Retractable fencing or barrier

A retractable fence system comprising:

• a plurality of hollow ground tubes adapted for mounting substantially vertically into ground,
• each ground tube of said plurality of hollow ground tubes containing a resiliently upwardly biased substantially hollow post upwardly biased by a resilient actuator journalled in said each ground tube, said post adapted for sliding vertically telescopic translation relative to said ground tube between a fully upwardly extended position and a fully lowered retracted position,
• said post containing a retractable non-resilient flexible fence panel selectively retractably mounted within said post, said fence panel, when said post is in said extended position, selectively extendable from and retractable into said post between a laterally retracted position substantially fully contained within said post, and a laterally extended position extended laterally of said post,
• wherein said post includes a vertical slot in a sidewall thereof and wherein said fence panel said extends and retracts through said slot,
• and wherein said fence panel has opposite base and leading ends, said base end mounted within said post, said leading end located in said slot when said fence panel is in its said laterally retracted position, a substantially rigid latching member mounted to said leading end of said fence panel, said latching member adapted to releasably mount to a next adjacent post corresponding to a next adjacent ground tube spaced apart in said plurality of hollow ground tubes,
• a collar rigidly mounted at an upper end of said ground tube in sliding relation with said post, said collar substantially covering said upper end of said ground tube when said post is positioned in said collar,
• a post latching system for selectively latching said post in both of said fully extended and fully retracted positions in said tube,
• a fence panel latching system for latching said fence panel in said fully laterally extended position so as to inhibit deforming by lifting or lowering of said fence panel when extended by inhibiting further lateral extension of said fence panel from said post beyond the amount of lateral extension of said fence panel required to attain said fully laterally extended position, wherein said amount of lateral extension is dictated by a spacing distance between said post and said next adjacent post.