DIAPER HAVING AN IMPROVED LEG CUFF

THE PRESENT INVENTION PROVIDES A DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT ARTICLE (20) INCLUDING A TOPSHEET (24), A BACKSHEET (26), AND AN ABSORBENT CORE (28) HAVING A PAIR OF OPPOSED LONGITUDINAL EDGES. THE ABSORBENT ARTICLE (20) INCLUDES A LEG CUFF (32) EXTENDING AT LEAST LATERALLY OUTWARDLY FROM EACH OPPOSED LONGITUDINAL EDGE. EACH LEG CUFF HAS A PROXIMAL EDGE (90), A DISTAL EDGE (92) AND AN ELASTICIZED REGION (84) DISPOSED BETWEEN THE PROXIMAL EDGE (90) AND THE DISTAL EDGE (92). THE ELASTICIZED REGION (84) HAS AN INNER EDGE (86), AN OUTER EDGE (88) AND A WIDTH. THE PROXIMAL EDGE (90) OF EACH LEG CUFF (32) EXTENDS GENERALLY LONGITUDINALLY ALONG AND ADJACENT TO AT LEAST A PORTION OF ONE OF THE OPPOSED LONGITUDINAL EDGES AND THE DISTAL EDGE (92) OF EACH OF SAID LEG CUFFS (32) IS DISPOSED LATERALLY OUTWARDLY FROM THE PROXIMAL EDGE (90). EACH LEG CUFF (32) INCLUDES AN INNER BOND (60) DISPOSED ADJACENT AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE PROXIMAL EDGE OF EACH LEG CUFF. AN OUTER BOND (69) IS SPACED LATERALLY OUTWARDLY FROM THE INNER BOND (66), THE SPACING BETWEEN THE INNER BOND AND SAID OUTER BOND DEFINING A LEG CUFF BASE WIDTH. EACH LEG CUFF ALSO INCLUDES AN INNER WALL (80) THAT EXTENDS UPWARDLY AND LATERALLY OUTWARDLY FROM THE INNER BOND (66) TO THE INNER EDGE (86) OF THE ELASTICIZED REGION (84) HAVING A FIRST HEIGHT, AND AN OUTER WALL THAT EXTENDS UPWARDLY AND LATERALLY INWARDLY FROM THE OUTER BOND (69) TO THE OUTER EDGE (88) OF THE ELASTICIZED REGION HAVING A SECOND HEIGHT. AN ELASTIC ELEMENT (60) IS DISPOSED IN THE ELASTICIZED REGION (84) OF EACH LEG CUFF (32) AND IS PROVIDED GENERALLY PARALLEL TO THE WEARER''S SKIN. FIGURE 1