Portable tire inflator with light frame as visual indicator

A portable tire inflator has a front control panel surrounded by an opaque or clear bezel at a perimeter thereof. A pump motor is activated by a control button on the front control panel. A series of light sources are mounted in an internal space of the housing to form a same predetermined shape as the bezel. Light emitted by the light sources passes through the bezel. Each light source selectively emits a first color and a second color of light. A controller activates all of the light sources in the first color in a first mode and to sequentially activate certain of the light sources in the second color while maintaining others of the light sources in the first color in a second mode. The sequential activation of the light sources forms a predetermined pattern of light in the second color when viewed through the bezel.