Karl Müller (inventor)

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Karl Müller
Müller in 2010
Born	1952 Roggwil, Thurgau, Switzerland
Known for	Masai Barefoot Technology

Karl Müller (born 1952) is a Swiss engineer and businessman. He is the creator of the Masai Barefoot Technology (MBT) brand of rocker bottom shoes,[1] and he holds a patent on the 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.

References

1. Grimes, William (July 4, 2004). "The Masai Anti-Cellulite Plan" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved March 30, 2011.
2. US 6341432 
3. "MBT Antishoe – Company Information". Archived from the original on August 12, 2011. Retrieved March 30, 2011.
4. "MBT vs. kyBoot".

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