Portable jar holder

Abstract

A tray for holding canning jars comprising a plurality of wells arranged in a first row, second row and third row, each well comprising a bottom surface with ridges. The ridges in the first and third rows comprise an inner circle, two first opposing crescents, and two second opposing crescents. The ridges in the second row comprise a first semicircle and a second semicircle. The two first opposing crescents are situated opposite one another, and the two second opposing crescents are situated opposite one another on the bottom of the well and at a ninety-degree angle relative to the first opposing crescents. The first semicircle is situated opposite the second semicircle and is closer to the center of the bottom surface of the well than the second semicircle.

We claim: 
     
         1 . A tray for holding canning jars comprising a plurality of wells arranged in a first row, a second row and a third row, each well comprising a bottom surface with ridges;
 wherein the ridges on the bottom surface of each well in the first and third rows comprise an inner circle, two first opposing crescents that lie outside of the inner circle, and two second opposing crescents, and the ridges on the bottom surface of each well in the second row comprise a first semicircle and a second semicircle;   wherein the inner circle is situated at the center of the bottom surface of each well, the two first opposing crescents are situated opposite one another on the bottom surface of the well, the two second opposing crescents are situated opposite one another on the bottom of the well and at a ninety-degree angle relative to the first opposing crescents, and the two first opposing crescents are closer to the inner circle than the two second opposing crescents;   wherein the bottom surface of each well has a center, the first semicircle on the bottom surface of the wells in the second row is situated opposite the second semicircle, and the first semicircle is closer to the center of the bottom surface of the well than the second semicircle; and   wherein each canning jar comprises a lid with an outer ring having an inside diameter, and the outside diameter of the first opposing crescents is roughly the same as the inside diameter of the outer ring of a standard canning jar.   
     
     
         2 . The tray of  claim 1 , wherein each canning jar comprises a lid with an outer ring having an inside diameter, and the outside diameter of the second opposing crescents is roughly the same as inside diameter of the outer ring of a wide-mouth canning jar. 
     
     
         3 . The tray of  claim 1 , wherein each canning jar comprises a lid with an outer ring having an inside diameter, wherein each inner circle has an outside diameter, and wherein the outside diameter of each of the inner circles is less than the inside diameter of the outer ring on the lid of a standard canning jar. 
     
     
         4 . The tray of  claim 1 , wherein each canning jar comprises a lid with an outer ring having an inside diameter, wherein each of the first semicircles has an outside diameter, and wherein the outside diameter of the first semicircles is roughly the same as the inside diameter of the outer ring on the lid of a standard canning jar. 
     
     
         5 . The tray of  claim 1 , wherein each canning jar comprises a lid with an outer ring having an inside diameter, wherein each of the second semicircles has an outside diameter, and wherein the outside diameter of the second semicircles is roughly the same as the inside diameter of the outer ring on the lid of a wide-mouth canning jar.