Zero-wall clearance linkage mechanism with power seat drive

A seating unit comprising:

• a seat;
• an ottoman;
• a back;
• a base having a front cross rail, a rear cross rail and a pair of spaced side rails;
• a metal-to-the-floor linkage mechanism that couples together the seat, the ottoman and the backrest of the seating unit, the linkage mechanism comprising:
• a pair of spaced, opposed seat mounting plates coupled to the seat;
• and
• a first plurality of links and a second plurality of links, each of said first plurality of links and said second plurality of links being pivotally coupled between the base and a corresponding one of the pair of seat mounting plates, to moveably interconnect the base and the seat mounting plates to control movement of the seating unit between closed, TV, reclined and fully-reclined positions;
• wherein, in the fully-reclined position, the seat is moved to a position by said pair of seat mounting plates and said first plurality of links and said second plurality of links to place the seat of the seating unit at an angle relative to horizontal of between eighteen and twenty-six degrees.