THE PRESENT INVENTION AIMS TO PROVIDE AN ABSORBENT ARTICLE ADAPTED TO DEFINE BETWEEN A SEPARATOR SHEET AND A LIQUID-ABSORBENT STRUCTURE A VOID SPACE SERVING TO RETAIN FECES AND, IN ADDITION, TO MAINTAIN AN INITIAL VOLUME OF THIS VOID SPACE. AN ABSORBENT ARTICLE INCLUDES A SEPARATOR SHEET (3) HAVING OPPOSITE LATERAL ZONES (37, 38) EXTENDING IN A LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION (Y), A MIDDLE ZONE (39) VIA WHICH THE OPPOSITE LATERAL ZONES ARE CONTIGUOUS TO EACH OTHER, A FRONT THROUGH-HOLE (40) FORMED ON THE SIDE OF A FRONT WAIST REGION (7), A REAR THROUGH-HOLE (41) FORMED ON THE SIDE OF REAR WAIST REGION (8) WHEREIN THE FRONT AND REAR THROUGH-HOLES ARE BORDERED THE MIDDLE ZONE, AND A SEPARATOR SHEET BIASING ELASTIC MEMBERS (46) ATTACHED UNDER TENSION TO THE RESPECTIVE LATERAL ZONES. A VOID SPACE (29) IS FORMED BETWEEN THE SEPARATOR SHEET (3) AND A LIQUID-ABSORBENT STRUCTURE (23) AS THE LIQUID-ABSORBENT STRUCTURE BOWS ABOUT A CROTCH REGION (9) TOWARD FRONT AND REAR WAIST REGIONS. A CHASSIS (2) INCLUDES A FRONT LEG ELASTIC MEMBER (34) LAID ON THE SIDE OF THE FRONT WAIST REGION AND A REAR LEG ELASTIC MEMBER (35) LAID ON THE SIDE OF THE REAR WAIST REGION (8) WHEREIN AT LEAST THE REAR LEG ELASTIC MEMBER (35) INCLUDES A REAR TRANSVERSE SEGMENT (35B) EXTENDING ACROSS THE CROTCH REGION AND A POSITION OF THE REAR TRANSVERSE SEGMENT CORRESPONDS TO A POSITION OF THE MIDDLE ZONE OF THE SEPARATOR SHEET (3). FIGURE 2
