Patent ID: 7744506

Claim:
An ice skating training device, comprising: a flywheel having a rotatable upper wheel joined by a hub to a lower wheel, the lower wheel, being parallel to the upper wheel, supports idler wheels, the idler wheels being in operable communication with the upper wheel, the upper wheel having a skating surface, the flywheel having a storage position adjacent a wall and a use position adjacent a floor wherein when the flywheel is in the use position, the flywheel is angled relative to the floor thereby defining an upper end and a lower end on the flywheel; at least one wall brace and a connector unit joined to an upper edge of the lower wheel, the connector unit being joined by a cable to a winch such that the flywheel can be moved between the storage position and the use position; at least one upper leg joined to the upper end of the lower wheel, the upper leg includes a track wheel, a hydraulic member joined to the at least one upper leg; a curved track adapted to extend up the wall and along an adjacent floor, the track wheel of the upper leg being positioned within and guided by the track between the use and storage positions of the flywheel; and at least one lower leg joined to a lower end of the lower wheel to support the flywheel.