Proposed is a functional device which is arranged on the outer side of a
vehicle body, comprising a base element (18) and at least one pivoting
element (20A) which is pivotable with respect to the base element (18)
between two end positions. According to the invention, a multi-linkage
mechanism is articulatedly connected to the base element (18), which
multi-linkage mechanism comprises at least two linkages (24, 26) which
are articulatedly connected with their ends remote from the base element
(18) to the pivoting element (20A) which is pivotable with respect to the
base element (18), with one of the linkages (24, 26) being connected to a
drive device and with a spring device acting on at least one of the
linkages (24, 26), which spring device is preloaded into the end
positions of the pivoting element (20A) and counteracts the mass force of
the latter.