Abstract: A power operated reclining wheelchair having a frame assembly with a base frame and a pair of laterally spaced sidewall frames extending upwardly from the opposite lateral sides of the base frame. Each of the sidewall frames have a fixed major pivot point located adjacent its rear end at a location approximating that of the hip joint of the occupant of the wheelchair. The wheelchair also has a back rest assembly and a seat assembly and mechanical and electrical structure for pivotally reclining the back rest assembly about the major pivot points in coordinated movement with the seat assembly during which the front end of the seat assembly is tilted upwardly and forwardly advanced from its initial position while its rear end is slightly lowered and forwardly advanced from its initial position.