Patent ID: 6926107

Claim:
A frame assembly for a snowmobile, the frame assembly comprising: a front frame portion and a rear frame portion with said front frame portion and said rear frame portion being connected; said front frame portion comprising a first side member, a second side member and a floor; an engine compartment generally defined by said first side member, said second side member and said floor; an engine disposed within said engine compartment; a frame member comprising a laterally extending member, a first generally longitudinally extending member, and a second generally longitudinally extending member, said frame member defining a generally inclined transverse plane extending upward from front to rear; wherein said frame member further defines said engine compartment and an upper portion of said engine extends to an elevation above a lower portion of the frame between the first generally longitudinally extending member and the second generally longitudinally extending member, the lower portion of the frame member and the upper portion of the engine being in about the same transverse plane.