Egg Carton

(1918) Invented by Joseph Coyle (1871-1972)

B.C. inventor created better way to carry eggs When newspaper publisher Joseph Coyle overheard the dispute between the hotelier and the deliveryman, he knew there had to be a simple solution. The hotelier had grown frustrated because eggs delivered from a local farm were often broken. Putting all one’s eggs in a basket, although a risky proposition, was standard practice in 1911. How then, Mr. Coyle wondered, could one safely move eggs from Point A to Point B? About 40 years of age at the time, and publi lisher of the Interior News, a publication in British Columbia’s Bulkley Valley, Mr. Coyle was nothing if not resourceful. His list i of inventions would ultimately include a pocket cigar cutter and a vehicle anti-theft de device. F For this predicament, he invented a produc uct that remains largely unchanged since he dr dreamed it up more than a century ago – the eg egg carton.