Bombardier Inc.

Bombardier Recreational Products Inc.

Deere & Company

Germain Cadotte

Emmanuel Rius

Bruno Girouard

David J Kalhok

Pierre Rondeau

Martin Aub&eacute;

Luc Bourgeois

Eric Fournier

James Heinrich Weitz

Eric Bertrand

Jean-Philippe Crépeau

Denys Lapointe

Martin Pernicka

Yvon Bédard

Daniel J Kettler

Jamie David Kovalaske

Francedillaois Trepanier

Jonathan Richard Chase

Ronald Mark Harycki

Trailer

A recreational vehicle such as a snowmobile, personal watercraft, all-terrain vehicle, motorcycle, or boat has a straddle-type seat that includes a flexible sheet of material pulled tightly over a gap formed in a seat frame. In certain embodiments, a tightening mechanism ensures that the flexible sheet of material is pulled tightly over the gap. The flexible sheet of material forms a hammock-like straddle-type seat. The flexible sheet of material is a mesh material that allows water, snow, dust, and other debris to fall through the mesh to avoid debris buildup on the seat. Because water falls through the mesh material and both the top and bottom sides of the mesh material are exposed to the ambient air, the seat dries quickly.

Straddle-type mesh seat

All terrain vehicle

A snowmobile is described having a frame, at least one steerable ski disposed at a forward end of the frame, and an endless drive track disposed beneath a rearward end of the frame to propel the frame. A seat is mounted on the frame, which may accommodate at least one person. A fairing is disposed behind the seat, and a storage compartment is defined interiorly to the fairing. Variations are also described.

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St-Elie d'Orford, Canada

Germain Cadotte