Height adjustable seatbelt buckle

A seatbelt assembly comprising:

• a striker defining a striker aperture;
• a buckle defining a receptacle configured to receive the striker therein, and defining a buckle aperture;
• a support post to which the buckle is slidably mounted, the support post defining a post aperture;
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• a stopper within the buckle, the stopper movable between an unlocked position and a locked position, in the unlocked position the stopper is outside of both the receptacle and the buckle aperture, and in the locked position the stopper extends through the receptacle, through the striker aperture when the striker is seated in the receptacle, and through the buckle aperture,
• wherein the buckle is movable along the support post between a raised position and a lowered position, in the lowered position with the stopper in the locked position the stopper is seated within the post aperture to lock the buckle in the lowered position, and
• wherein the support post includes a tapered upper end with an angled surface on an inside of the support post facing the buckle.

A seatbelt assembly comprising:

• a striker defining a striker aperture;
• a buckle defining a receptacle configured to receive the striker therein;
• a back plate of the buckle defining a back plate aperture;
• a support post defining a post aperture, extending parallel to the back plate, and made of a metallic material, the back plate is slidably mounted to the support post;
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• a stopper within the buckle, the stopper including a chamfered tip and movable between an unlocked position and a locked position, in the unlocked position the stopper is outside of both the receptacle and the back plate aperture, and in the locked position the stopper extends through the receptacle, through the striker aperture when the striker is seated in the receptacle, and through the back plate aperture such that the chamfered tip of the stopper is on a side of the back plate opposite to the receptacle,
• wherein the back plate is movable along the support post between a raised position and a lowered position, in the lowered position with the stopper in the locked position the chamfered tip of the stopper is seated within the post aperture to lock the buckle in the lowered position,
• wherein the support post includes a tapered upper end with an angled surface on an inside of the support post facing the back plate.