The present invention relates to a disposable absorbent article (1), such as a pants diaper, a sanitary pants or an incontinence pants, comprising a chassis (2) and an absorbent body (5). the chassis (2) has a front portion (3) and a rear portion (4) and each of the front and rear portions (3,4) has a waist end (7,8), a pair of leg ends ( 9, 10, 13, 14) and a pair of side ends (11, 12, 15, 16). the front and rear portions (3, 4) are joined together at opposite side ends (11, 12, 15, 16) to define at least partially a waist opening (18) and a pair of leg openings ( 19). the absorbent body (5) is located primarily on a crotch portion (22) of the article (1). an elastic leg feature (17, 20) is attached to the chassis (2) at least in part along leg ends (9, 10, 13, 14), and the article (1) has a longitudinal direction (y) and a transverse direction (x). the elastic leg feature (17, 20) extends from the associated lateral end (11, 12, 15, 16) toward a center line (28) in the longitudinal (y) direction of the article (1). a portion of the elastic leg feature (17, 20) having a first length (11), wherein a distance (d) between any point from each leg end (9, 10, 13, 14) to the nearest part The elastic leg feature (17, 20) in the longitudinal direction is less than 6 mm specifically less than 5 mm, and more specifically less than 4 mm. the first length (11) is at least 55% of a maximum length (12) of the leg opening (19) in the transverse direction (x) as measured in an extended state of the absorbent article (1).a presente invenção se refere a um artigo absorvente descartável (1), tal como uma fralda de calça, uma calça sanitária ou uma calça de incontinência, compreendendo um chassi (2) e um corpo absorvente (5). o chassi (2) possui uma porção dianteira (3) e uma porção traseira (4) e cada uma das porções dianteira e traseira (3, 4) possui uma extremidade de cintura (7, 8), um par de extremidades de perna (9, 10, 13, 14) e um par de extremidades laterais (11, 12, 15, 16).
