Karl Müller (inventor) explained
Karl Müller (born 1952 in Roggwil TG) is a Swiss engineer and businessman. He is the creator of the Masai Barefoot Technology brand of rocker bottom shoes,[1] and holds a patent on his design.[2] Müller founded Swiss Masai (now known as Masai Marketing and Trading AG) in 1996 to market his new shoe concept.[3] In 2007, he left the company on amicable terms and went on to found kybun Corporation to market a newer "walk-on-air" shoe concept.[4]
Products sold by Kybun include shoe models that have a shock-absorbing, adaptive air cushion integrated into the shoe. Kybun further sells an elastic mat, as well as a treadmill that is made with a soft, springy material.
External links
- The Science of Running Barefoot – in Shoes, The Wall Street Journal, September 13, 2005
- Cloaking Cellulite, Time Magazine, July 4, 2004
- Karl Müller im Interview, Cash TV Schweizer Fernsehen 2, 22. März 2009
- MBT-Erfinder verkauft sein Geschäft, Schweizer Fernsehen, 13. Oktober 2006
- Der Schuhmacher aus Roggwil, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 10. September 2005
- Karl Müller und MBT, Bilanz das Schweizer Wirtschaftsmagazin, 28. Juni 2005
- Patent of Karl Müller's invention, July 3, 1998
Notes and References
- News: The Masai Anti-Cellulite Plan . . Grimes. William . July 4, 2004 . March 30, 2011.
- US. 6341432.
- Web site: MBT Antishoe – Company Information . March 30, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110812000104/http://au.mbt.com/Footer/Company/About-Us.aspx?suggest=1&lang=en-AU . August 12, 2011 . dead .
- Web site: MBT vs. kyBoot.
