Collapsible faceted container

A container comprising a top and a bottom, spaced apart along a longitudinal axis, connected by a multi-faceted generally cylindrical sidewall comprised of:

• a plurality of axially stacked rings comprises of a multiplicity of pyramidal segment, adjacent rings joined each to the other at zig-zag generally horizontal ring fold lines having a first nominal circumference, to form a collapsible portion of the cylindrical sidewall;
• adjacent pyramidal segment sin each ring joined to each other at generally vertical ring fold lines lying in vertical planes containing the longitudinal axis;
• each pyramidal segment having an apex, the apex projecting upwardly and outwardly from the periphery of the ring;
• each pyramidal segment comprised of two upper facets joined at a first vertical segment fold line and two lower facets joined at a second vertical segment fold line, the pair of upper facets joined to the pair of lower facets at a zig-zag generally horizontal segment fold line;
• the horizontal segment fold line intersecting the vertical segment fold lines and forming said apex therewith, said apex being the upwardmost point of said horizontal segment fold line;
• the horizontal segment fold line lying along a portion of a second nominal circumference, the second circumference being greater than the first nominal circumference;
• said vertical segment fold lines lying in vertical planes containing the longitudinal axis and connected to each other at the pyramidal segment apex;
• the upper facets having greater lengths int eh longitudinal axis plane than the lower facets;
• said zig-zag generally horizontal ring fold lines intersecting said vertical segment fold lines at points, said points project upwardly and become the upwardmost points of said horizontal ring fold lines;
• wherein, under sufficient vertical force, the lower facets fold under the nest beneath the upper facets, to vertically collapse the sidewall.