diff --git a/lib/acts_as_filesystem.rb b/lib/acts_as_filesystem.rb
index b320082..45e577c 100644
--- a/lib/acts_as_filesystem.rb
+++ b/lib/acts_as_filesystem.rb
@@ -61,6 +61,15 @@ module ActsAsFileSystem
       self.hierarchy.map {|item| item.name || '?' }.join(sep)
     end
 
+    # gets the name without leading parents. Usefull when dividing categories
+    # in top-level groups and full names must not include the top-level
+    # category which is already a emphasized label
+    def full_name_without_leading(count, sep = '/')
+      parts = self.full_name(sep).split(sep)
+      count.times { parts.shift }
+      parts.join(sep)
+    end
+
     # calculates the level of the category in the category hierarchy. Top-level
     # categories have level 0; the children of the top-level categories have
     # level 1; the children of categories with level 1 have level 2, and so on.
diff --git a/test/unit/acts_as_filesystem_test.rb b/test/unit/acts_as_filesystem_test.rb
index f814528..aa51829 100644
--- a/test/unit/acts_as_filesystem_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/acts_as_filesystem_test.rb
@@ -54,4 +54,12 @@ class ActsAsFilesystemTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_equal 'test.txt', Article.new(:name => 'test.txt').slug
   end
 
+  should 'provide name without leading parents' do
+    a = Article.new
+    a.expects(:full_name).with('/').returns('a/b/c/d').times(3)
+    assert_equal 'b/c/d', a.full_name_without_leading(1)
+    assert_equal 'c/d', a.full_name_without_leading(2)
+    assert_equal 'd', a.full_name_without_leading(3)
+  end
+
 end
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