Incontinence article (2) in the form of a briefcase for the collection of body excretions, comprising a front abdominal section (4) and a back dorsal section (6) which, to form a continuous abdominal band and a dorsal band in the transverse direction or in the peripheral direction (16) of the hip, with a hip opening (18) closed in the peripheral direction of the hip, they have been factory connected to each other in lateral seam areas (14) arranged on both sides, and a gouge section (8) that has an absorption body (7), with an inner side (85), an outer side (86), longitudinal edges (48) and longitudinal ends (98, 100), and which it extends in a longitudinal direction (9) between the abdominal section (4) with an inner side (41) and a transverse edge (58) turned towards the panty and the dorsal section (6) with an inner side (41) and a transverse edge (60) turned towards the groove, where the section of girth (8) overlaps the abdominal section (4) in a front overlap zone (36) and the gage section (8) overlaps the dorsal section (6) in a rear overlap zone (38), in where the crotch section (8) is inextricably connected with its outer side (86) to the inner side (41) of the abdominal section (4) in a front junction zone (306) and the crotch section (8) it is indissolubly connected with its outer side (86) to the inner side (41) of the dorsal section (6) in a rear junction area (308), where both the sheath section (8) and the abdominal section ( 4) and the dorsal section (6) limit the openings (19) of the incontinence article legs, where first elastic means (28) are provided in the abdominal section (4) and in the dorsal section (6) that extend some distance between them and parallel to each other in the transverse direction or the direction peripheral (16) of the hip and thus elastify the surface of the abdominal section (4) and the dorsal section (6), where second elastification means (40, 42) are provided in an area (22, 26) of the abdominal section (4) and the dorsal