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1. An infant or adult diaper having a longitudinal centerline and a lateral centerline perpendicular to the longitudinal centerline, wherein the diaper comprises a topsheet and a backsheet and positioned therein between an absorbent core, and a first longitudinally extending elastic cuff and second longitudinally extending elastic cuff, the first and the second elastic cuff being positioned on either longitudinal side of the topsheet and opposing each other, and wherein the diaper has a crotch region, positioned in between a front region and a back region and the first and the second longitudinally extending elastic cuff each have a crotch region, positioned in between a front region and a back region, these regions of the longitudinally extending elastic cuffs being generally positioned in or adjacent to the respective regions of the diaper, and the first longitudinally extending elastic cuff and the second longitudinally extending elastic cuff each have a proximal edge, at which the respective longitudinally extending elastic cuff is attached to the diaper and the the first longitudinally extending elastic cuff and the second longitudinally extending elastic cuff each have a distal edge, at least the crotch region of which is not attached to the diaper and forms a free flap and wherein the diaper comprises a cuff connector being attached to the first longitudinally extending elastic cuff and the second longitudinally extending elastic cuff, extending in a generally transverse direction and being able to extert a force between the first longitudinally extending elastic cuff and the second longitudinally extending elastic cuff, the force having a direction from one free flap towards the other free flap. |