Lightweight, portable vibratory screed

A lightweight, portable vibratory screed adapted to be used by an operator for striking off, consolidating and placing plastic concrete, said screed comprising:

• an elongated screed bar having a top and a spaced apart flat bottom and an exterior intermediate ramp extending therebetween, said bottom adapted to finish the concrete and said ramp adapted to strike off said concrete, and said top comprises a brace having a rectangular cross-section and extending substantially across said screed bar, said brace having integral portions captivated by said clamp;
• a shaft with spaced apart ends, one of said spaced apart ends secured to said bar and supporting a vibrational assembly adjacent said bar and adapted to selectively vibrate said bar, and the other of said ends remotely supporting motor means for said powering said vibrational assembly;
• and,
• a clamp securing said shaft to said screed bar, said clamp comprising at least three sections adapted to captivate disparate portions of said screed bar top to enable said vibrational assembly to vibrate said screed bar.

A lightweight, portable vibratory screed adapted to be used by an operator for striking off, consolidating and placing plastic concrete, said screed comprising:

• an elongated screed bar having a top and a spaced apart flat bottom and an exterior intermediate ramp extending therebetween, said bottom adapted to finish the concrete and said ramp adapted to strike off said concrete, and said top comprises a brace having a rectangular cross-section and extending substantially across said screed bar, said brace having integral portions captivated by a clamp securing said shaft to said screed bar, said clamp comprising at least three sections adapted to captivate disparate portions of said screed bar top to enable said vibrational assembly to vibrate said screed bar;
• a shaft with spaced apart ends, one of said spaced apart ends secured to said bar and supporting vibration means for vibrating said bar and the other of said ends remotely supporting motor means for said powering said vibration means, said vibration means comprising a vibrational housing offset from said screed bar by said clamp;
• and
• an adjustable handle assembly mounted to said shaft adjacent said motor means, said handle assembly adapted to permit an operator to manipulate said screed.