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An absorbent article of pants shape including an elastic waist portion, an absorbent element (5), and a liquid-impermeable outer layer (3) which is intended to enclose the absorbent element on at least that side thereof which faces away from the wearer during use of the article. Elastic members are

An absorbent article of pants shape including an elastic waist portion, an absorbent element (5), and a liquid-impermeable outer layer (3) which is intended to enclose the absorbent element on at least that side thereof which faces away from the wearer during use of the article. Elastic members are arranged along the edges of a second piece, along at least the crotch portion for the forming of leg elastics.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A method of manufacturing an absorbent article, comprising: providing an elastically stretchable first piece having first and second lateral edges and first and second ends, wherein the first and second ends are shorter than the first and second lateral edges; securing

The invention claimed is: 1. A method of manufacturing an absorbent article, comprising: providing an elastically stretchable first piece having first and second lateral edges and first and second ends, wherein the first and second ends are shorter than the first and second lateral edges; securing a first end of a second piece of material to a middle portion of the second lateral edge of the first piece so that the first piece extends substantially perpendicular to the second piece, wherein the second piece has first and second longitudinal edges that are substantially perpendicular to the first end and the first end is shorter than the first and second longitudinal edges, and wherein the second piece includes an absorbent element; securing the first end of the first piece to the first longitudinal edge of the second piece and securing the second end of the first piece to the second longitudinal edge of the second piece; and providing elastic members along at least a portion of the first longitudinal edge and along at least a portion of the second longitudinal edge of the second piece adjacent the absorbent element to contract said portions of the second piece. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first piece is substantially rectangular. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the second piece is substantially rectangular. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the second piece is substantially rectangular. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein a portion of the absorbent element is between the first and second edges of the first piece and a portion of the absorbent element is not between the first and second edges of the first piece. 6. The method of claim 1, wherein the absorbent element includes superabsorbent materials. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein the absorbent element is hourglass shaped. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein one portion of the second piece is narrower than a remainder of the second portion. 9. A method of manufacturing an absorbent article, comprising: providing an elastically stretchable first piece having first and second lateral edges and first and second ends, wherein the first and second ends are shorter than the first and second lateral edges; securing a first end of a second piece of material to a middle portion of the second lateral edge of the first piece so that the first piece extends substantially perpendicular to the second piece, wherein the second piece has first and second longitudinal edges that are substantially perpendicular to the first end and the first end is shorter than the first and second longitudinal edges, and wherein the second piece includes an absorbent element; securing the first end of the first piece to the first longitudinal edge of the second piece and securing the second end of the first piece to the second longitudinal edge of the second piece; and providing elastic members along at least a portion of the first longitudinal edge and along at least a portion of the second longitudinal edge of the second piece adjacent the absorbent element to contract said portions of the second piece, wherein the first end of the absorbent element is closer to the first edge of the second piece that the second end of the absorbent element. 10. A method of manufacturing an absorbent article of pants shape, the absorbent article comprising an elastic waist portion, an absorbent element, which has a length and a width and which covers genitals of a wearer when the article is worn, and a liquid-impermeable outer layer which encloses the absorbent element on at least a side thereof which faces away from the wearer of the article, the method comprising: forming said elastic waist portion from an elastic first piece which is elongate in an extended state and partly surrounds the trunk of the wearer and forms a rear portion and side portions of the pants article when the article is worn, forming a front portion of the article and a crotch portion from a second piece, said second piece is elongate with two opposite end edges and two opposite longitudinal edges, a width of the second piece is, at least in the crotch portion, smaller than a length of the first piece, the second piece is arranged with its longitudinal direction at right angles in relation to the lateral direction of the first piece, connecting a first end portion of the second piece to one lateral edge portion of the first piece, centrally thereon, connecting one end portion of the first piece to a first longitudinal edge portion of the second piece, and connecting another end portion of the first piece in a corresponding manner to a second longitudinal edge portion of the second piece, and elastic members are arranged in the crotch portion on each side of the absorbent element. 11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the absorbent element in its entirety is arranged on the second piece forming part of the article before said piece is connected to said first piece.