Patent ID: 7074167

Claim:
A twister comprising: A base including a housing disposed thereon, said housing including at least one shaft disposed thereon, and a casing having a bore formed therein to rotatably receive a axle therein, said base including an outer cover secured thereon, said outer cover includes a perforation formed therein for rotatably receiving said axle, to allow said axle to be extended out of said outer cover, and includes a recess formed in an upper portion thereof, to rotatably receive a foot support, a follower slidably attached onto said at least one shaft of said housing, and said follower slideable relative to said housing in a reciprocating action, and said follower including a channel formed therein, and including a rack provided thereon, said outer cover is engaged onto said follower and said housing, to cover and shield a follower and said housing, a rod rotatably attached to said housing, a lever including a first end secured to said rod and rotated in concert with said rod, and including a second end, a pin attached to said second end of said lever and slidably engaged in said channel of said follower to allow said follower to be forced to slide relative to said housing in the reciprocating action when said pin and said second end of said lever are rotated relative to said housing, said axle rotatably engaged to said housing, and including a pinion secured thereon and rotated in concert with each other, and engaged with said rack of said follower, to allow said axle to be rotated in one direction and then in the other direction when said follower slides relative to said housing in the reciprocation action, a rotary foot support secured to said axle and rotated in concert with said axle, said foot support includes one or more foot pedal areas formed thereon and having a plurality of protrusions extended upwardly therefrom for engaging and massaging the feet of a user, means for rotating said rod relative to said housing to rotate said lever to move said follower to slide relative to said housing in the reciprocating action, and to drive said axle and said foot support to rotate relative to said housing in a reciprocating action.