Patent ID: 8523835

Claim:
A pant-type disposable absorbent hygiene article, the article comprising the following elements whose mutual geometric orientation is described when worn by an upright user: means defining a hip edge, said hip edge forming a hip opening which is continuously closed in a peripheral direction; means defining a first leg opening; means defining a second leg opening; a front part having longitudinal side edge sections; a rear part having longitudinal side edge sections; a crotch area disposed between said front part and said rear part; a first vertical seam extending between said hip opening and said first leg opening; a second vertical seam extending between said hip opening and said second leg opening, wherein said hip opening and said first and second leg openings are formed by connecting said longitudinal side edge sections of said front part and said rear part to each other at said first and said second seams during manufacture of the article; an absorbent body subtending said crotch area and disposed between said first and said second leg openings; a first elastic leg opening section extending upwardly in a curved manner along a rear portion of said first leg opening and curving about an upper portion of said first leg opening to extend downwardly along a front portion of said first leg opening towards said crotch area; a second elastic leg opening section extending upwardly in a curved manner along a rear portion of said second leg opening and curving about an upper portion of said second leg opening to extend downwardly along a front portion of said second leg opening towards said crotch area; a first cuff element extending in a longitudinal direction along said absorbent body proximate said first leg opening, said first cuff element having at least one non-elastic cuff element section and a first elastic cuff element section, wherein said first elastic cuff element section is longitudinally disposed between two elastic segments of said first elastic leg opening section but, as viewed from a sideward direction, does not cross any part of said first elastic leg opening section; and a second cuff element extending in a longitudinal direction along said absorbent body proximate said second leg opening, said second cuff element having at least one non-elastic cuff element section and a second elastic cuff element section, wherein said second elastic cuff element section is longitudinally disposed between two elastic segments of said second elastic leg opening section but, as viewed from a sideward direction, does not cross any part of said second elastic leg opening section.