The invention relates to an infant or
adult diaper (10) comprising a topsheet (22), a backsheet (24), and an absorbent core (20) therebetween; and a first and a second longitudinally extending elastic
cuff (30a, 30b), the first and the second elastic
cuff (30a, 30b) being positioned on either longitudinal side of the topsheet (22) and opposing each other. The diaper (10) has a
crotch region (B), between a front region (A) and a back region (C), and the first and second elastic
cuff (30a, 30b) each have a
crotch region (B'), between a front region (A') and a back region (C), these regions (A', B', C) being generally positioned in or adjacent to the respective regions (A, B, C) of the diaper (10). The first and the second elastic cuff (30a, 30b) each have a proximal edge (32), attached to the diaper, and a distal edge (34), at least the
crotch region (B') of which is not attached to the diaper (10) and forms a
free flap (38a, 38b). The diaper (10) comprises a cuff connector (70) being attached to both the first and the second elastic cuff (30b), the cuff connector (70) extending in a generally transverse direction and being able to extert a force between the first and the second elastic cuff (30a, 30b). The cuff connector (10) comprises a cuff connector material, which:- has a
transverse strain of about 0.8 at a first cycle extension force of about 1.0 N or less, as measured according to the in-use two-cycle
hysteresis test; and- has about 30% set or less after having been extended to a
transverse strain of about 0.8, as measured according to the in-use two-cycle
hysteresis test; and is elastically extensible in the transverse direction to a strain of at least about 0.8, as measured according to the in-process two-cycle
hysteresis test at 22 DEG C.