Abstract: Reinforced corrugated cartons on the order of 35 to 50 inches in height and somewhat greater in length and width are provided with an inside tubular rectangular liner and a bottom pad fitted down inside the liner and adhesively secured to the inside bottom flaps of the carton. Disposed entirely peripherally around the carton sidewalls or the tubular liner and extending upward for a distance from substantially the bottom thereof on the outside is a belt of non-woven backing material with yarns laminated thereon and extending peripherally laterally completely therearound. The yarns may be of any material which exhibits minimal elongation under tension.