Apparently there is a correct way to swing this handle and I learned this the hard way. If your rig has a slide right next to your grab handle never swing this handle over the side. I will now only swing it over the entry door.
We had it swung over the side and decided to stop in this parking lot to eat lunch in our rig. I used the rear door to enter the rig and opened the slides from inside. I didn't realize the handle was now resting against the side of the slide as it stayed against it as it was traveling out. When I pulled them back in the handle took the brunt of what I had done. Lucky I didn't damage the rig in anyway, only this handle. Had to bend back the hinge pins straight to get it to swing back out. Even so it is all bent up at the top.
The moral of the story, only swing this handle over the entry door and never over a slide.
This is meant to only be educational.
When I took this photo I didn't realize I was taking a photo of what I had done. I only realized this happened when the handle was all bent up and would not swing back out and that was after we pulled the sides back out. Later I looked at this photo I took and it was a aha moment.