Karl Müller (born 1952 in
Roggwil TG
Roggwil is a municipality in the district of Arbon in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.
History
Roggwil is first mentioned in 854 as ''Megenberti de Rocconwilare'' when it became part of the holdings of the Bishop of Constance. In the mid- ...
) is a Swiss engineer and businessman. He is the creator of the Masai Barefoot Technology brand of
rocker bottom shoe
A rocker sole shoe or rocker bottom shoe is a shoe which has a thicker-than-normal sole with rounded heel. Such shoes ensure the wearer does not have flat footing along the proximal-distal axis of the foot. The shoes are generically known by a var ...
s, and holds a patent on his design. Müller founded Swiss Masai (now known as Masai Marketing and Trading AG) in 1996 to market his new shoe concept. 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.
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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
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
Living people
20th-century Swiss inventors
Swiss engineers
1952 births
Swiss businesspeople
Swiss expatriates in South Korea
21st-century Swiss inventors
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