Patent ID: 6880658

Claim:
A snowmobile comprising: a frame including a tunnel; an engine disposed on the frame; a drive track disposed below and supported by the tunnel and operatively connected to the engine for propulsion of the snowmobile; two skis disposed on the frame, each via a front suspension; a driver straddle seat disposed on the tunnel above the drive track and rearward of the engine; a passenger straddle seat for a passenger disposed on the tunnel rearward of the driver straddle seat, the passenger straddle seat having a seat portion that includes an upper surface; a steering device disposed on the frame forward of the driver seat; a left grab handle and a right grab handle for the passenger disposed on a respective side of the passenger seat such that the passenger, when seated on the passenger seat, will be seated between the grab handles; each grab handle including a flexible handle portion that at least bends laterally outwardly when a predetermined outwardly-directed lateral load is applied to the handle portion, the handle portion of each grab handle including an upper portion that is higher than at least a portion of the upper surface of the seat portion.