There is provided a boot blank for a wading boot or the like, and as well a boot assembled from the boot blank with a leg encircling member for the assembled boot for hip-high wading boots. The boot blank has a novel structure with upper and lower portions, the lower portion having a planar bottom wall...http://www.google.com/patents/US4194308?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US4194308 - Boot blank